Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
If "the Lord" be here the Holy Ghost (2 Corinthians 3:17), the three Persons of the Trinity will occur in this verse.
love of God--love to God.
patient waiting for Christ--rather as Greek, "the patience (endurance) of Christ," namely, which Christ showed [ALFORD] (2 Thessalonians 2:4; 1 Thessalonians 1:3). ESTIUS, however, supports English Version (compare Revelation 1:9; Revelation 3:10). At all events, this grace, "patience," or persevering endurance, is connected with the "hope" (1 Thessalonians 1:3, 1 Thessalonians 1:10) of Christ's coming. In ALFORD'S translation we may compare Hebrews 12:1-2, "Run with patience (endurance) . . . looking to JESUS . . . who, for the joy that was before Him, endured the cross"; so WE are to endure, as looking for the hope to be realized at His coming (Hebrews 10:36-37).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
1 Thessalonians 3:11
1 Thessalonians 3:12
2 Timothy 1:18
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