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But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.New Living Translation
But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.English Standard Version
But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one.Berean Standard Bible
But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.Berean Literal Bible
But the Lord is faithful, who will strengthen you and will keep you from evil.King James Bible
But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.New King James Version
But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.New American Standard Bible
But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one.NASB 1995
But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one.NASB 1977
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.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.Christian Standard Bible
But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.Holman Christian Standard Bible
But the Lord is faithful; He will strengthen 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.Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But THE LORD JEHOVAH is faithful, who will keep you and deliver you from evil.Contemporary English Version
But the Lord can be trusted to make you strong and protect you from harm. Douay-Rheims Bible
But God is faithful, who will strengthen and keep you from evil. English Revised Version
But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and guard you from the evil one.GOD'S WORD® Translation
But the Lord is faithful and will strengthen you and protect you against the evil one.Good News Translation
But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and keep you safe from the Evil One. International Standard Version
But the Lord is faithful and will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one. Literal Standard Version
but faithful is the LORD who will establish you, and will guard [you] from the evil [one];Majority Standard Bible
But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.New American Bible
But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.NET Bible
But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.New Revised Standard Version
But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.New Heart English Bible
But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and guard you from the evil one.Webster's Bible Translation
But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and keep you from evil.Weymouth New Testament
But the Lord is faithful, and He will make you stedfast and will guard you from the Evil one.World English Bible
But the Lord is faithful, who will 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;Additional Translations ...
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
(3) But the Lord is faithful.--It must not be thought from this that the word "faith" in the previous verse meant "fidelity." St. Paul, after his favourite manner, is playing upon two meanings of the word: "But whether men have faith or not, the Lord is faithful." There is the same play of words in Romans 3:3. "The Lord" seems here to be used, as was said on 1Thessalonians 3:12, without distinct reference to one Person of the Holy Trinity rather than another. This characteristic of God is named because God stands pledged to all who believe in Him.
Who shall stablish you.--How soon St. Paul reverts from his own needs to theirs! He does not continue, as we should expect, with "who will preserve us"
Keep you from evil.--Rather (probably), from the Evil One, as in the Lord's Prayer. Possibly, the word is used not without a reference to the word rendered "wicked" in 2Thessalonians 3:2, with which in the Greek it is identical.
Pulpit Commentary
Verse 3. - But; in contrast with the men just mentioned. The Lord is faithful; as if the apostle had said," Man may be faithless, but the Lord is faithful" (see Romans 3:4). "In contrast to the infidelity of man, he praises the fidelity of God" (Bengel). By the Lord, Christ is meant. In the former Epistle, faithfulness is attributed to God (1 Thessalonians 5:24), here to Christ. This faithfulness of Christ consisted in watching over his Church, and in effecting its diffusion in spite of all the opposition of these unreasonable and wicked men. Who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil; or, the evil. The word "evil" may be either masculine or neuter: if masculine, then it denotes "the evil one;" if neuter, then "evil" in general. There is nothing in the word itself to determine its meaning; this must be learned from the context. Most commentators (Calvin, Bengel, Olshausen, Hofmann, Macknight, Ellicott, Eadie, and Bishop Alexander) suppose that the evil one is meant; and it is so rendered in the R.V.: "Guard you from the evil one." But it is better to take the word abstractly "evil" in general, whether evil persons or evil things; as a contrast to "every good word and work" (2 Thessalonians 2:17). So Alford, Lunemann, De Wette, Jowett, Lillie. There is the same difference of opinion with regard to the words in the Lord's Prayer: "Deliver us from evil;" or "from the evil one" (R.V.). Here, also, notwithstanding the high authorities on the opposite side, we consider that our Lord's words are not limited to the evil one, but are to be taken generally - "evil" in the widest sense, as being much more forcible. Parallel Commentaries ...
Greek
But
δέ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.
the
ὁ (ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.
Lord
Κύριος (Kyrios)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.
is
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.
faithful,
Πιστὸς (Pistos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4103: Trustworthy, faithful, believing. From peitho; objectively, trustworthy; subjectively, trustful.
[and He]
ὃς (hos)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.
will strengthen [you]
στηρίξει (stērixei)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 4741: From a presumed derivative of histemi; to set fast, i.e. to turn resolutely in a certain direction, or to confirm.
and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.
guard
φυλάξει (phylaxei)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 5442: Probably from phule through the idea of isolation; to watch, i.e. Be on guard; by implication, to preserve, obey, avoid.
you
ὑμᾶς (hymas)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.
from
ἀπὸ (apo)
Preposition
Strong's 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses.
the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.
evil [one].
πονηροῦ (ponērou)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 4190: Evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful.
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