2Th 3:5 | JFB | STEP | 5. If "the Lord" be here the Holy Ghost ( ), 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] ( ; ). Estius, however, supports English Version (compare ; ). At all events, this grace, "patience," or persevering endurance, is connected with the "hope" ( , ) of Christ's coming. In Alford's translation we may compare , , "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 ( , ).

‏ 2 Thessalonians 3:5

5. If "the Lord" be here the Holy Ghost (2Co 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] (2Th 2:4; 1Th 1:3). Estius, however, supports English Version (compare Re 1:9; 3:10). At all events, this grace, "patience," or persevering endurance, is connected with the "hope" (1Th 1:3, 10) of Christ's coming. In Alford's translation we may compare He 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 (He 10:36, 37).