1 Thessalonians 3:11
Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you.
KJV
Αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ ἡμῶν καὶ ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς κατευθύναι τὴν ὁδὸν ἡμῶν πρὸς ὑμᾶς·
Greek NT
Ipse autem Deus, et Pater noster, et Dominus noster Jesus Christus, dirigat viam nostram ad vos.
Vulgate
Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way unto you:
ASV
Now God himself and our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατευθύνω
kateuthuno
verb · 3×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
πατήρ
pater
noun · 412×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁδός
odos
noun · 101×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: Ἰησοῦς | WH/Treg/NIV: Ἰησοῦς | RP: + Χριστός
- Ἰησοῦς — SBLGNT
- Ἰησοῦς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + Χριστός — Robinson-Pierpont
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Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
11. This their notion then being evidently unseemly and irrational as well as the rest, the likeness and the oneness must be referred to the very Essence of the Son; for unless it be so taken, He will not be shown to have anything beyond things originate, as has been said, nor will He be like the Father, but He will be like the Father's doctrines; and He differs from the Father…
Cross-references
- 1Chr 29:18 — O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
- 1Thess 3:10 — Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
- 1Thess 3:13 — To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
- 1Thess 3:13 — To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
- 2Thess 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,
- 2Thess 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,
- 2Thess 3:5 — And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
- Gal 1:4 — Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
- Isa 58:11 — And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
- John 5:23 — That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
- Luke 11:2 — And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
- Luke 12:32 — Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
- Matt 6:26 — Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
- Matt 6:32 — (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
- Prov 3:5 — Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
- Prov 21:29 — A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.
- Ps 72:15 — And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.
- Rom 1:7 — To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.