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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Thessalonians 3:3

Paul was confident that God would provide strength and protection for the Thessalonians in view of His promises to provide for His own. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Thessalonians 3:3-5

2. Prayer for the Thessalonians 3:3-5 read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - 2 Thessalonians 3:3

3:3 evil. (l-14) Or perhaps 'the evil one.' read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Thessalonians 3:1-18

Exhortations, Rebukes, and Benediction2. Unreasonable] almost ’outrageous.’ Faith] better, ’the Faith.’3. Evil] RV ’the evil one.’5. Patient waiting for] better, ’the patience of.’6. Evidently disorder in the Church had increased since the First Epistle was written. Withdraw yourselves] or, ’shun.’8. Cp. 1 Thessalonians 2:9. 9. Power] better, ’the right.’ We have the right to be supported, but for the sake of example we waived it in your case (1 Corinthians 9:3-18). 11. Working not at all..... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Thessalonians 3:2

(2) And that we may be delivered.—Compare Romans 15:31. This clause is an amplification of the word “may run along:” the impediments to the gospel progress were (except that all were overruled for good) such persecutions as these. St. Paul gives thanks for such deliverances in 2 Corinthians 1:10; 2 Timothy 3:11; 2 Timothy 4:17. Perhaps (as St. Chrysostom suggests) one reason for here inviting their prayers for himself was to nerve the Thessalonians by the sense that they were not the only... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Thessalonians 3:3

(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 1 Thessalonians 3:12, without distinct reference to one Person of the Holy Trinity rather than another. This characteristic of God is named... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 2 Thessalonians 3:1-18

Patience 2 Thessalonians 3:5 'The patience of Christ.' It is so the phrase runs in our R.V. as also in the margin of the A.V., in place of the A.V. 'patient waiting for Christ'. The phrase once spoken is felt to be inevitable; Paul could not have written otherwise. Patience is so truly the word of the Christ life. We have all traced, as St. John does, in the features of the Christ before High Priest or Pilate and on the cross, the likeness of the suffering Servant of Jehovah, who bore our... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Thessalonians 3:1-5

Chapter 22MUTUAL INTERCESSION2 Thessalonians 3:1-5 (R.V.)THE main part of this letter is now finished. The Apostle has completed his teaching about the Second Advent, and the events which precede and condition it; and nothing remains to dispose of but some minor matters of personal and practical interest.He begins by asking again, as at the close of the First Epistle, the prayers of the Thessalonians for himself and his fellow workers. It was a strength and comfort to him, as to every minister... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Thessalonians 3:1-18

III. THANKSGIVING, PRAYER, EXHORTATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS CHAPTERS 2:13-3:18 1. Thanksgiving and prayer (2 Thessalonians 2:13-17 ) 2. Prayer for the Word and for deliverance (2 Thessalonians 3:1-5 ) 3. Exhortations (2 Thessalonians 3:6-15 ) 4. Conclusions (2 Thessalonians 3:16-18 ) 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17 What blessed reasons are stated here to give thanks to God for what He has done for us and for all who believe! Brethren, beloved of the Lord, this is what believers are. Chosen we are to... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Thessalonians 3:2

3:2 And that we may be delivered from {a} unreasonable and wicked men: {2} for all [men] have not faith.(a) Who do not do or care about their duty.(2) It is no wonder that the Gospel is hated by so many, seeing that faith is a rare gift of God. Nonetheless, the Church will never be destroyed by the multitude of the wicked, because it is grounded and stayed upon the faithful promise of God. read more