2 Thessalonians 3:3

2 Thessalonians 3:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
• New International Version (NIV)But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.

Context of 2 Thessalonians 3:3

1Now, friends, we ask you to pray for us. Pray that more and more people will soon hear the Lord's message. Pray that people will receive the message well and accept it as true. That is how you received it. 2Pray also that God will not let bad people cause trouble for us. Not everyone believes the message about our Lord. But the Lord always does what he has promised. So he will help you to be strong inside yourselves. He will keep you safe when Satan attacks you. 4Because you belong to the Lord, he makes us sure about you. We know that you are doing the things that we tell you to do. And we know that you will continue to do those things. 5We pray that the Lord will lead you in your thoughts. Then you will understand God's love better and better. And you will be patient and strong, as Christ is.

2 Thessalonians 3:3 word by word

πιστὸς δέ ἐστιν ὁ κύριος, ὃς στηρίξει ὑμᾶς καὶ φυλάξει ἀπὸ τοῦ πονηροῦ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Butδέde · thenG1161
• the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• faithfulπιστόςpistos · faithfulG4103
• whoὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• shall stablishστηρίζωstērizō · to establishG4741
• youσύsu · youG4771
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• keepφυλάσσωphulassō · to keep/guard: protectG5442
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• evilπονηρόςponēros · evil/badG4190

Cross-references for 2 Thessalonians 3:3

• 1 Corinthians 1:9God always does what he has promised to do. He has chosen you to be friends with his Son, Jesus Christ, who is our Lord.
• 1 Corinthians 10:13You may often want to do wrong things. The things that are difficult for you are difficult for other people too. Remember that God is always there to help you. He will not let any bad thing be too difficult for you. He will help you to stand against it. When you want to do something wrong, God will make you strong in your spirit. He will show you a way out, so that you do not do anything wrong.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:24God has chosen you to be his people. We can trust him to do what he has promised to do. So he will do all this for you.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:17We pray that he will continue to help you and make you strong. Then you will always be able to do good things and to say good things.
• Genesis 48:16He is the Angel who has kept me safe. I pray that he will bless these boys. I pray that, because of them, people will remember my name, and the names of my ancestors, Abraham and Isaac. I pray that they will have many descendants who live all over the earth.’
• 1 Chronicles 4:10Jabez prayed to Israel's God for help. He said, ‘Please bless me very much and give me more land. Please take care of me so that nothing hurts me and I do not have pain.’ God did what Jabez had prayed for.
• Psalms 19:13Lord, stop me doing things that I know are wrong. Do not let those sins rule my life. Then I will not be guilty. I will not have turned against you in a bad way.
• Psalms 121:7The Lord is the one who takes care of you in all danger. He keeps your life safe.
• Matthew 6:13Do not let us agree to do wrong things. Keep us safe from Satan.” ’
• Luke 11:4Forgive us for our sins, because we also forgive everyone who has done wrong things against us. And do not let us agree to do wrong things.” ’
• John 17:15I am not asking that you will take them out of the world. But I ask you to keep them safe from the Devil.
• 2 Timothy 4:18The Lord will continue to save me from every bad thing. And he will bring me safely to heaven, where he rules. He is great and we should praise him for ever! Amen! This is true!
• 2 Peter 2:9We know that the Lord God has done all these things in past times. He knows how to save people who respect him from their troubles. But he will continue to punish the people who refuse to obey him. He will keep them until the day when he will judge them.
• Jude 1:24God is able to keep you safe so that you continue to trust him. One day you will stand in front of him and you will be very happy. God will bring you to that place and you will be completely good. You will be able to stand near to God, who shines with beautiful light.

Commentaries on 2 Thessalonians 3:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3From evil - 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.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3But 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3The Thessalonians experienced suffering caused by the evil one (or by evil; see 2:9; compare 1:4–6; 1 Thessalonians 1:6; 2:14).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. faithful--alluding to "faith" (2Th 3:2): though many will not believe, the Lord (other very old manuscripts read "God") is still to be believed in as faithful to His promises (1Th 5:24; 2Ti 2:13). Faith on the part of man answers to faithfulness on the part of God. stablish you--as he had prayed (2Th 2:17). Though it was on himself that wicked men were making their onset, he turns away from asking the Thessalonians' prayers for HIS deliverance (2Th…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Thessalonians 3:3

• Character
• Jesus Continued
• Stability

In the dictionaries

• Admonish
• Disorderly
• Lord
• Faithful; Faithfulness
• Unchangeable; Unchangeableness

Commentaries on 2 Thessalonians 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings