2 Thessalonians 3:5 (YLT)

Passage

and the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God, and to the endurance of the Christ.

Nearby Context

2 Thessalonians 3:3 and stedfast is the Lord, who shall establish you, and shall guard <FI>you<Fi> from the evil;

2 Thessalonians 3:4 and we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that the things that we command you ye both do and will do;

2 Thessalonians 3:5 and the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God, and to the endurance of the Christ.

2 Thessalonians 3:6 And we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw yourselves from every brother disorderly walking, and not after the deliverance that ye received from us,

2 Thessalonians 3:7 for yourselves have known how it behoveth <FI>you<Fi> to imitate us, because we did not act disorderly among you;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lord", "direct", "hearts", "love", "endurance", and "christ". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lord" and "direct", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "and we have confidence in the Lord..." into verse 6's "And we command you brethren in the...", so "lord" and "direct" belong inside that flow. In 2 Thessalonians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

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