2 Thessalonians 3:3
“But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →In contrast to faithless people, the Lord is faithful and will strengthen the believers and guard them from evil.
What Does 2 Thessalonians 3:3 Mean?
Paul has just said "all men have not faith," and now he answers that bleak fact with a bright "But the Lord is faithful." Human faithfulness may fail, but the Lord's never does. There is a deliberate play here: where people lack faith, the Lord is full of faithfulness. He is the steady reality against which all human unreliability is measured.
From that faithfulness flow two promises: He "shall stablish you," making the believers firm, and He will "keep you from evil," guarding them from the evil one or from evil itself. Paul's confidence shifts smoothly from praying for the Thessalonians to trusting the Lord on their behalf. This is deeply reassuring. Our standing does not finally depend on our own grip but on the Lord's faithfulness to hold us. The same Lord whose word Paul wants to spread is the Lord who will personally establish and protect His people. Faithfulness is His nature, and we are kept by it.
In the Original Language
pistos (πιστός), "faithful" — trustworthy, reliable, one who can be depended on to keep his word.