SEV Biblia, Chapter 3:11
¶ Mas el mismo Dios y Padre nuestro, y el Seor nuestro Jess, el Cristo, encamine nuestro viaje a vosotros.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 3:11
Verse 11. Now God himself and our Father] That is: God who is our Father, who has adopted us into the heavenly family, and called us his sons and daughters. Direct our way] As he was employed in God's work he dared not consult his own inclinations, he looked for continual directions from God, where, when, and how to do his Master's work.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 11. Now God himself, and our Father , etc.] The Oriental versions leave out the copulative and, and read, God himself, our Father the first person in the Trinity, who is God himself, truly and properly so; and who is a God that hears prayer; and who is omnipotent, and able to do more than the saints can ask or think; and omniscient, and knows their persons and cases, and what is proper for them, and how and when to help and supply them; and he is also the God of all grace, the author and giver of it, and who is able to make it abound, and increase it, and so a very proper object of prayer: and who is likewise the Father of Christ, and of all the saints, not only by creation, in which sense he is the Father of all men, but by adopting grace; and which is mentioned to encourage freedom and boldness in prayer, which children may use with a father, and to raise an expectation of succeeding and receiving an answer; for if earthly parents hear their children, and give good things to them, how much more will not our heavenly Father give his Holy Spirit, and all other good gifts, unto his children? And this shows that the apostle prayed to God in the manner Christ directed, ( Matthew 6:9) and our Lord Jesus Christ : who is equally the object of prayer with God his Father and ours; who is sometimes distinctly prayed unto, as in ( Acts 7:59) and often in conjunction with his Father, as in all those places in the epistles, where grace and peace are wished for from them both; (see Romans 1:7), and sometimes he is set before the Father, as in ( 2 Thessalonians 2:16) to show the entire equality between them, and that he is equally addressed as he, being truly and properly God, who knows all things, and is the Almighty, and whose grace is sufficient for us, and therefore rightly applied unto, as here: the petition put up to them both is, that they would direct our way unto you : a journey is not to be taken without the will of God, without seeking to know it, without submission to it, and dependence on it; nor is there any prosperous one, but by it; (see James 4:13-15 Romans 1:10). Men may devise their own ways, but God directs their goings; especially a good man's steps are ordered by the Lord, and particularly ministers; who, as they are often directed to subjects and matter, in a very providential way, so to places, and are ordered both where and when to go; (see Acts 16:6,7,9,10). The apostle was aware, that there were obstacles in his way of coming to Thessalonica, for he had attempted it once and again, but Satan, and his emissaries, hindered; and therefore he desires that God and Christ would remove them out of the way, and make his way straight and plain, as the word signifies, that he might once more see their faces.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 11-13 - Prayer is religious worship, and all religious worship is due unto God only. Prayer is to be offered to God as our Father. Prayer is not onl to be offered in the name of Christ, but offered up to Christ himself as our Lord and our Saviour. Let us acknowledge God in all our ways and he will direct our paths. Mutual love is required of all Christians. And love is of God, and is fulfilling the gospel as well a the law. We need the Spirit's influences in order to our growth i grace; and the way to obtain them, is prayer. Holiness is required of all who would go to heaven; and we must act so that we do no contradict the profession we make of holiness. The Lord Jesus wil certainly come in his glory; his saints will come with him. Then the excellence as well as the necessity of holiness will appear; an without this no hearts shall be established at that day, nor shall an avoid condemnation __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
αυτος 846 δε 1161 ο 3588 θεος 2316 και 2532 πατηρ 3962 ημων 2257 και 2532 ο 3588 κυριος 2962 ημων 2257 ιησους 2424 χριστος 5547 κατευθυναι 2720 5659 την 3588 οδον 3598 ημων 2257 προς 4314 υμας 5209
Vincent's NT Word Studies
11. Direct (kateuqunai). Lit. make straight. Only in Paul and Luke. See on Luke i. 79, and comp. 2 Thess. iii. 5. Frequent in LXX.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
3:11 {Our God and Father himself} (autos ho qeos kai pater hemwn). Note one article with both substantives for one person. {And our Lord Jesus} (kai ho kurios hemwn iesous). Separate article here with iesous. In #Tit 2:13; 2Pe 1:1 only one article (not two) treating "our God and Savior Jesus Christ" as one just like "our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" in #2Pe 1:11; 2:20; 3:18. {Direct our way} (kateuqunai ten hodon hemwn). First aorist optative (acute accent on penult, not circumflex first aorist active infinitive) of kateuqunw, old verb to make straight path. Singular verb also, though both God and Christ mentioned as subject (unity in the Godhead). Apart from m genoito ({may it not come to pass}) the optative in a wish of the third person is found in N.T. only in #1Th 3:11,12; 5:23; 2Th 2:17; 3:5,16; Ro 15:5,13.
