2. Thessalonicher 2:16
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
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Study Note
The benediction 'Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word' is the only prayer in the New Testament addressed equally to both Christ and the Father, with the verb in the singular. This grammatical feature — two persons, one verb — has been extensively noted in discussions of New Testament Trinitarianism as evidence of the functional unity of Father and Son in the apostolic mind. The theological sequence — love → comfort → hope → establishment — indicates that moral stability ('good work and word') flows from experienced divine love and hope rather than from willpower. The verse functions as the doxological conclusion to the eschatological teaching of chapter 2, grounding present perseverance in divine character.
Andere Übersetzungen
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
and may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father, who did love us, and did give comfort age-during, and good hope in grace,
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who had love for us and has given us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
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