1 Thessalonians 3:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, {G5547} direct our way unto you:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ Θεὸς καὶ Πατὴρ ἡμῶν, καὶ ὁ Κύριος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστός, κατευθύναι τὴν ὁδὸν ἡμῶν πρὸς ὑμᾶς.

Transliteration

Autos but the Theos and Patēr of us, and the Kyrios of us Iēsous Christos, may kateuthynai the hodon of us pros you.

Grammar Details

• *Autos*: intensive pronoun, nominative singular masculine - himself
• *Theos*: nominative singular masculine - God
• *Patēr*: nominative singular masculine - Father
• *Kyrios*: nominative singular masculine - Lord
• *Iēsous Christos*: nominative singular masculine - Jesus Christ
• *kateuthynai*: aorist active optative, 3rd person singular - may direct/guide
• *hodon*: accusative singular feminine - way/road/journey
• *pros*: preposition + accusative - to/toward

Word Meanings

• *kateuthynai*: may direct/guide/make straight
• *hodon*: way/road/path/journey

Referenced Verses

• 2 Thess 2:16 : 16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
• 1 Thess 3:13 : 13 to the end he may establish your hearts unblameable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus {G5547} with all his saints.
• Prov 3:5-6 : 5 Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding: 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths.
• Isa 63:16 : 16 For thou art our Father, though Abraham knoweth us not, and Israel doth not acknowledge us: thou, O Jehovah, art our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is thy name.
• Mal 1:6 : 6 A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
• Matt 6:14 : 14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
• Matt 6:18 : 18 that thou be not seen of men to fast, but of thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father, who seeth in secret, shall recompense thee.
• Matt 6:26 : 26 Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much more value then they?
• Mark 1:3 : 3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight;
• Luke 12:30 : 30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: but your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
• Luke 12:32 : 32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
• Matt 6:6 : 6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thine inner chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee.
• Rom 1:3 : 3 concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,
• Ezra 8:21-23 : 21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. 22 For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way, because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them that seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him. 23 So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was entreated of us.
• Gal 1:4 : 4 who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil world, according to the will of our God and Father:
• 2 Thess 3:5 : 5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.
• 1 John 3:1 : 1 Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and [such] we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
• Col 1:2 : 2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ [that are] at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
• 2 Cor 6:18 : 18 And will be to you a Father, And ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
• Matt 6:8-9 : 8 Be not therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. 9 After this manner therefore pray ye. Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
• John 20:17 : 17 Jesus saith to her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended unto the Father: but go unto my brethren, and say to them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.
• Matt 6:32 : 32 For after all these things do the Gentiles seek; for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
• Matt 6:4 : 4 that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee.
• Jer 31:9 : 9 They shall come with weeping; and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way wherein they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born.