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King James Version

2 Thessalonians 3:3

But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Character;   Jesus Continued;   Stability;   Thompson Chain Reference - Christ;   Divine;   Faithful, Christ;   Faithfulness;   Faithfulness-Unfaithfulness;   Guardian, Divine;   Keeper, Divine;   Overshadowing Providence;   Providence, Divine;   Shepherd, Christ;   The Topic Concordance - Defense;   Faith/faithfulness;   God;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Faithfulness of God, the;   Protection;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Thessalonians, First and Second, Theology of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Trinity;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Thessalonians, the Epistles to the;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Security of the Believer;   2 Thessalonians;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Devil;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Faithfulness;   Perseverance;   Thessalonians Epistles to the;   Wicked;   Wicked (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Faithful,;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Faithful;   Unchangeable;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for August 10;   Every Day Light - Devotion for March 4;   Faith's Checkbook - Devotion for March 24;  

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But the Lord is faithfull, which wil stablish you, and keepe you from euill.
Christian Standard Bible®
But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen and guard you from the evil one.
Hebrew Names Version
But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and guard you from the evil one.
Darby Translation
But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you and keep [you] from evil.
Easy-to-Read Version
But the Lord is faithful. He will give you strength and protect you from the Evil One.
Amplified Bible
But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you [setting you on a firm foundation] and will protect and guard you from the evil one.
American Standard Version
But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and guard you from the evil one.
Berean Standard Bible
But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
Contemporary English Version
But the Lord can be trusted to make you strong and protect you from harm.
Complete Jewish Bible
But the Lord is worthy of trust; he will make you firm and guard you from the Evil One.
International Standard Version
But the Lord is faithful and will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.John 17:15; 1 Corinthians 1:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:24; 2 Peter 2:9;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
But the Lord is faithful, who will keep you and deliver you from evil.
Murdock Translation
And faithful is the Lord, who will keep you and rescue you from the evil One.
King James Version (1611)
But the Lord is faithfull, who shall stablish you, and keepe you from euill.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But the Lorde is faythfull, whiche shall stablyshe you, and kepe you from euyll.
English Revised Version
But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and guard you from the evil [one].
Lexham English Bible
But the Lord is faithful, who will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
Literal Translation
But the Lord is faithful who will establish and will guard you from the evil.
New American Standard Bible
But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one.
New Century Version
But the Lord is faithful and will give you strength and will protect you from the Evil One.
New English Translation
But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.
New King James Version
But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.
New Living Translation
But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
New Revised Standard
But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Faithful, is the Lord, - who will confirm you, and guard you from the wicked one:
Douay-Rheims Bible
But God is faithful, who will strengthen and keep you from evil.
George Lamsa Translation
But the LORD is faithful; he will guide you and deliver you from evil.
Good News Translation
But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and keep you safe from the Evil One.
World English Bible
But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and guard you from the evil one.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But the Lord is faithful, who will stablish and guard you from the evil one.
Weymouth's New Testament
But the Lord is faithful, and He will make you stedfast and will guard you from the Evil one.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But the Lord is trewe, that schal conferme you, and schal kepe fro yuel.
Webster's Bible Translation
But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and keep [you] from evil.
Revised Standard Version
But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from evil.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
but the lorde is faythfull which shall stablysshe you and kepe you from evyll.
Update Bible Version
But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and guard you from the evil [one].
Young's Literal Translation
and stedfast is the Lord, who shall establish you, and shall guard [you] from the evil;
Bible in Basic English
But the Lord is true, who will give you strength and keep you safe from evil.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But the LORDE is faithfull, which shal stablyshe you and kepe you from euell.
Mace New Testament (1729)
but as for you, the Lord, who is faithful, will establish you, and protect you from the malicious one.
New Life Bible
But the Lord is faithful. He will give you strength and keep you safe from the devil.
Simplified Cowboy Version
But the Lord never goes back on his word. He'll give you the strength and be the one who watches your back when the evil one tries to attack.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one.
Legacy Standard Bible
But the Lord is faithful, who will strengthen and guard you from the evil one.

Contextual Overview

1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: 2 And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith. 3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil. 4 And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you. 5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the Lord: 1 Corinthians 1:9, 1 Corinthians 10:13, 1 Thessalonians 5:24

stablish: 2 Thessalonians 2:17

and: Genesis 48:16, 1 Chronicles 4:10, Psalms 19:13, Psalms 121:7, Matthew 6:13, Luke 11:4, John 17:15, 2 Timothy 4:18, 2 Peter 2:9, Jude 1:24

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 7:9 - the faithful Deuteronomy 28:9 - establish Job 36:7 - he doth Proverbs 4:26 - let all thy ways be established Romans 1:11 - to the Romans 16:25 - to him 1 Corinthians 1:8 - confirm 2 Corinthians 1:21 - stablisheth 2 Timothy 2:13 - yet Hebrews 10:23 - for 1 Peter 5:10 - stablish

Cross-References

Genesis 3:12
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
Genesis 3:13
And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
Genesis 3:16
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Genesis 3:17
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Genesis 20:6
And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
1 Chronicles 16:22
Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
Job 1:11
But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Job 2:5
But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Job 19:21
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
1 Corinthians 7:1
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But the Lord is faithful,.... Or "God" as the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions read, as do also the Alexandrian and Claromontane copies. This is said for the comfort of the saints, lest they should be discouraged upon hearing that all professors of faith in Christ had it not, who might be ready to take it to themselves, and fear, that either they had it not, or if they had, that they might lose it, and fall from it. Wherefore the apostle observes to them the comfortable attribute of God's faithfulness, which he will not suffer to fail. He has promised many things, and he is faithful that has promised, who also will do them, nor will any good thing he has promised ever fail.

Who shall stablish you: in the doctrines of the Gospel, so as not to be moved away from them, or be finally and totally seduced by those unreasonable and wicked men; and also in the grace of faith, which though it may be weakened, and there may be a falling from a degree of the steadfastness of it, as to its act and exercise, yet it shall never finally and totally fail, he who is the author will be the finisher of it; and likewise in the profession both of the doctrine and grace of faith, which true believers shall hold fast unto the end; for God will not suffer the righteous to be moved, or to depart from him; he has promised them perseverance, and he is faithful to give it to them.

And keep you from evil: from the evil of sin; not from the being and commission of it entirely, which is not to be expected in this life; but from the dominion of it, at least from its reigning unto death, and from the damning power of it: and also from that evil one Satan; from his snares and temptations, so as to be entangled and overcome by them; for God is faithful, who will not suffer his to be tempted beyond their strength, but will enable them to bear it, and make way for their escape, and deliver out of it; and likewise from evil men, unreasonable and wicked men, so as not to be drawn aside by them, by their principles and practices, by their frowns or flatteries.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But the Lord is faithful - - Though human beings cannot be trusted, God is faithful to his promises and his purposes. He may always be confided in; and when people are unbelieving, perverse, unkind, and disposed to do us wrong, we may go to him, and we shall always find in him one in whom we may confide. This is an exceedingly interesting declaration, and is a beautiful illustration of the resource which a truly pious mind will feel that it has. We often have occasion to know, to our sorrow, that “all men have not faith.” We witness their infidelity. We see how they turn away from the truth. We see many who once gave some evidence that they had “faith,” abandon it all; and we see many in the church who seem to have no true faith, and who refuse to lend their aid in promoting the cause of religion. In such circumstances, the heart is disposed to despond, and to ask whether religion can be advanced in the midst of so much indifference and opposition? At such times, how consoling is it to be able to turn, as Paul did, to one who is faithful; who never fails us; and who will certainly accomplish his benevolent purposes. Men may be faithless and false, but God never is. They may refuse to embrace the gospel, and set themselves against it, but God will not abandon His great purposes. Many who are in the church may forget their solemn and sacred vows, and may show no fidelity to the cause of their Saviour, but God himself will never abandon that cause. To a pious mind it affords unspeakably more consolation to reflect that a faithful God is the friend of the cause which we love, than it would were all men, in and out of the church, its friends.

Who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil - see the notes on John 17:5; compare the notes on Ephesians 6:16. The allusion is to the Evil One, or Satan, and the meaning is, that God would keep them from his wiles.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Thessalonians 3:3. From evil. — Απο του πονηρου may be translated, from the devil or from the evil one. They had disorderly men, wicked men, and the evil one or the devil, to contend with; God alone could support and give them the victory; he had promised to do it, and he might ever be confided in as being invariably faithful.


 
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