2 THESSALONIANS 3:3 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.”
But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and guard you against the evil one — divine faithfulness (pistos) is the ground of confidence. Strengthening (strenyo, to establish) and protection (phylassō, to guard) against 'the evil one' (ponēros) are God's twofold gifts. Satan's schemes are thwarted by God's fidelity.
Church Fathers on 2 Thessalonians 3:3
Neither ought we, having committed everything to the prayers of the Saints, to be idle ourselves, and run into wickedness, and to lay hold of nothing; nor again when working good to despise that succor. For great indeed are the things which prayer for us can effect, but it is when we ourselves also work. For this reason Paul also, praying for them, and again giving them assurance from the promise, says, “But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and guard you from…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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