1 Thessalonians 3:11

Paul prays that God the Father and the Lord Jesus would clear the way for him to come. He commits his travel plans to God.

Cross-references · 24

• Prov 3:5–6Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
• Matt 6:32(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
• 2 Th 2:16Now 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,
• Luke 12:32Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
• 1 Th 3:13To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
• Matt 6:26Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
• Luke 12:30For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
• Mark 1:3The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
• Matt 6:6But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
• 1 Jn 3:1Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
• Matt 6:8–9Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
• 2 Th 3:5And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
• Mal 1:6A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
• Matt 6:18That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
• Gal 1:4Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
• Isa 63:16Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.
• Ezra 8:21–23Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
• Matt 6:14For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
• Rom 1:3Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
• Col 1:2To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• 2 Cor 6:18And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
• Jer 31:9They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
• Matt 6:4That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
• John 20:17Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

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