2 Thessalonians 2:16 (DRB)

Passage

Exhort your hearts and confirm you in every good work and word.

Nearby Context

2 Thessalonians 2:14 Therefore, brethren, stand fast: and hold the traditions, which you have learned, whether by word or by our epistle.

2 Thessalonians 2:15 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God and our Father, who hath loved us and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope in grace,

2 Thessalonians 2:16 Exhort your hearts and confirm you in every good work and word.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "exhort", "hearts", "confirm", "good", and "word". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "exhort" and "hearts", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The prior verse says "Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself and...", giving immediate footing for "exhort" and "hearts". In 2 Thessalonians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "exhort" and "hearts" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.