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THE MESSAGE
2 Thessalonians 3:3
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But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen and guard you from the evil one.
But the Lord is faithfull, who shall stablish you, and keepe you from euill.
But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one.
But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one.
But the Lord is faithful and will give you strength and will protect you from the Evil One.
But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one.
But the Lord is faithful, who will strengthen and guard you from the evil one.
But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
But the Lord can be trusted to make you strong and protect you from harm.
But the Lord is worthy of trust; he will make you firm and guard you from the Evil One.
But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you and keep [you] from evil.
But the Lord is faithful. He will give you strength and protect you from the Evil One.
But the Lord is faithfull, which wil stablish you, and keepe you from euill.
But the LORD is faithful; he will guide you and deliver you from evil.
But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and keep you safe from the Evil One.
But the Lord is faithful, who will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
But the Lord is faithful who will establish and will guard you from the evil.
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.
But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and guard you from the evil one.
But the Lord is true, who will give you strength and keep you safe from evil.
But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and guard you from the evil one.
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]
But the Lord is faithful, who will keep you and deliver you from evil.
And faithful is the Lord, who will keep you and rescue you from the evil One.
But the Lorde is faythfull, whiche shall stablyshe you, and kepe you from euyll.
But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and guard you from the evil [one].
But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and guard you from the evil one.
But the Lord is faithful, who will stablish and guard you from the evil one.
But the Lord is faithful, and He will make you stedfast and will guard you from the Evil one.
But the Lord is trewe, that schal conferme you, and schal kepe fro yuel.
But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and guard you from the evil [one].
But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and keep [you] from evil.
But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.
But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.
But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
But the Lord is faithful. He will give you strength and keep you safe from the devil.
But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
Faithful, is the Lord, - who will confirm you, and guard you from the wicked one:
But God is faithful, who will strengthen and keep you from evil.
But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from evil.
but the lorde is faythfull which shall stablysshe you and kepe you from evyll.
and stedfast is the Lord, who shall establish you, and shall guard [you] from the evil;
But the LORDE is faithfull, which shal stablyshe you and kepe you from euell.
but as for you, the Lord, who is faithful, will establish you, and protect you from the malicious one.
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.
Contextual Overview
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
The Man said, "The Woman you gave me as a companion, she gave me fruit from the tree, and, yes, I ate it." God said to the Woman, "What is this that you've done?"
"The serpent seduced me," she said, "and I ate."
He told the Woman: "I'll multiply your pains in childbirth; you'll give birth to your babies in pain. You'll want to please your husband, but he'll lord it over you."
He told the Man: "Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree That I commanded you not to eat from, ‘Don't eat from this tree,' The very ground is cursed because of you; getting food from the ground Will be as painful as having babies is for your wife; you'll be working in pain all your life long. The ground will sprout thorns and weeds, you'll get your food the hard way, Planting and tilling and harvesting, sweating in the fields from dawn to dusk, Until you return to that ground yourself, dead and buried; you started out as dirt, you'll end up dirt."
God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know your intentions were pure, that's why I kept you from sinning against me; I was the one who kept you from going to bed with her. So now give the man's wife back to him. He's a prophet and will pray for you—pray for your life. If you don't give her back, know that it's certain death both for you and everyone in your family."
"But what do you think would happen if you reached down and took away everything that is his? He'd curse you right to your face, that's what."
"Oh, friends, dear friends, take pity on me. God has come down hard on me! Do you have to be hard on me, too? Don't you ever tire of abusing me?
Now, getting down to the questions you asked in your letter to me. First, Is it a good thing to have sexual relations?
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.
