2 Thessalonians 3:3 (DBY)

Passage

But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you and keep [you] from evil.

Nearby Context

2 Thessalonians 3:1 For the rest, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run and be glorified, even as also with you;

2 Thessalonians 3:2 and that we may be delivered from bad and evil men, for faith [is] not [the portion] of all.

2 Thessalonians 3:3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you and keep [you] from evil.

2 Thessalonians 3:4 But we trust in the Lord as to you, that the things which we enjoin, ye both do and will do.

2 Thessalonians 3:5 But the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of the Christ.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "faith", "lord", "faithful", "shall", "establish", "keep", and "evil". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "faith" and "lord", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "and that we may be delivered from..." into verse 4's "But we trust in the Lord as...", so "faith" and "lord" belong inside that flow. In 2 Thessalonians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "faith" and "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.