King James Version
2 Thessalonians 2:17 in the King James Version says “Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.” — study this verse from 2 Thessalonians chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.”
2 Thessalonians 2:17 · KJV
Therefore , brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
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,
Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Comfort”
G3870to call near, i.e., invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation)
“hearts”
G2588the heart, i.e., (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“stablish”
G4741to set fast, i.e., (literally) to turn resolutely in a certain direction, or (figuratively) to confirm
“word”
G3056something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
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