4And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.
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Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;
Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)In these words observe, I. The apostle desires the prayers of his friends: Finally, brethren, pray for us , 2 Thess. 3:1. He always remembered them in his prayers, and would not have them forget him and his fellow-labourers, but bear them on their hearts at the throne of grace. Note, 1. This is one way by which the communion of saints is kept us, not only by their praying together, or with one ano…
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