11 translations · Greek
2 Thessalonians 3:3
But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and guard you from the evil one.
2 Thessalonians 3:3 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and guard you from the evil one.
- KJV King James Version
- But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
- ASV American Standard Version
- But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and guard you from the evil one.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- but faithful is the LORD who will establish you, and will guard [you] from the evil [one];
- FBV Free Bible Version
- But the Lord is trustworthy and will strengthen you, and protect you from the evil one.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- and stedfast is the Lord, who shall establish you, and shall guard [you] from the evil;
- DBY Darby Translation
- But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you and keep [you] from evil.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and keep you from evil.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- But God is faithful, who will strengthen and keep you from evil.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Πιστὸς | Pistos | faithful | G4103 πιστός faithful |
| δέ | de | But | G1161 δέ then |
| ἐστιν | estin | is | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Κύριος | Kyrios | Lord | G2962 κύριος lord: God |
| ὃς | hos | [and He] | G3739 ὅς which |
| στηρίξει | stērixei | will strengthen [you] | G4741 στηρίζω to establish |
| ὑμᾶς | hymas | you | G4771 σύ you |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| φυλάξει | phylaxei | guard | G5442 φυλάσσω to keep/guard: observe |
| ἀπὸ | apo | from | G575 ἀπό away from |
| τοῦ | tou | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| πονηροῦ | ponērou | evil [one] | G4190 πονηρός evil/bad |
Related verses
- 2 Timothy 4:18
And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom; to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:24
He who calls you is faithful, who will also do it.
- 1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
- Psalm 121:7
Yahweh will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul.
- 1 Corinthians 1:9
God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.
- John 17:15
I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one.
- Matthew 6:13
Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’
- Jude 1:24
Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,
- Psalm 19:13
Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins. Let them not have dominion over me. Then I will be upright. I will be blameless and innocent of great transgression.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:17
comfort your hearts and establish you in every good work and word.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
1 Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be glorified, even as also with you;
2 and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and evil men; for not all have faith.
3 But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and guard you from the evil one.
4 We have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you both do and will do the things we command.
5 May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love, and into the perseverance of Christ.
Read all of 2 Thessalonians 3 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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