2 Thessalonians 3:2
and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men; for all have not the disposition for faith.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.
In Context
3But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you, and keep you from the evil one.
Cross References
Matthew 23:23Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law, its justice, its mercy, and its faithfulness. These you ought to have done, and those you ought not to have neglected.
John 2:23And while he was in Jerusalem, during the feast of passover, many believed on his name, because they saw the signs that he did.
Acts 13:50But the Jews in cited the devout and influential women, and the first men of the city, and raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their borders.
Acts 17:5But the unbelieving Jews, taking with them some evil men, who were loungers about the markets, and collecting a mob, set the city in an uproar; and having assaulted the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.
Romans 10:16But they have not all obeyed the gospel; for Isaiah says: Lord, who has believed our report?
Matthew Henry on 2 Thessalonians 3:2-6
The Apostle's Pious Request. ( a. d. 52.) 1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: 2 And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith. 3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil. 4 And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you. 5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the… Read the whole commentary →