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2 Thessalonians 3

2 Thess. 3:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
that
hina (Greek #2443)
in order that (denoting the purpose or the result)
KJV usage: albeit, because, to the intent (that), lest, so as, (so) that, (for) to. Compare 3363.
Pronounce: hin'-ah
Origin: probably from the same as the former part of 1438 (through the demonstrative idea; compare 3588)
we may be delivered
rhoumai (Greek #4506)
to rush or draw (for oneself), i.e. rescue
KJV usage: deliver(-er).
Pronounce: rhoo'-om-ahee
Origin: middle voice of an obsolete verb, akin to 4482 (through the idea of a current; compare 4511)
from
apo (Greek #575)
"off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
KJV usage: (X here-)after, ago, at, because of, before, by (the space of), for(-th), from, in, (out) of, off, (up-)on(-ce), since, with. In composition (as a prefix) it usually denotes separation, departure, cessation, completion, reversal, etc.
Pronounce: apo'
Origin: a primary particle
θunreasonable
atopos (Greek #824)
out of place, i.e. (figuratively) improper, injurious, wicked
KJV usage: amiss, harm, unreasonable.
Pronounce: at'-op-os
Origin: from 1 (as a negative particle) and 5117
and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
wicked
poneros (Greek #4190)
hurtful, i.e. evil (properly, in effect or influence, and thus differing from 2556, which refers rather to essential character, as well as from 4550, which indicates degeneracy from original virtue); figuratively, calamitous; also (passively) ill, i.e. diseased; but especially (morally) culpable, i.e. derelict, vicious, facinorous; neuter (singular) mischief, malice, or (plural) guilt; masculine (singular) the devil, or (plural) sinners
KJV usage: bad, evil, grievous, harm, lewd, malicious, wicked(-ness). See also 4191.
Pronounce: pon-ay-ros'
Origin: from a derivative of 4192
men
anthropos (Greek #444)
man-faced, i.e. a human being
KJV usage: certain, man.
Pronounce: anth'-ro-pos
Origin: from 435 and ὤψ (the countenance; from 3700)
: for
gar (Greek #1063)
properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
KJV usage: and, as, because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet.
Pronounce: gar
Origin: a primary particle
all
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
men have not
ou (Greek #3756)
the absolute negative (compare 3361) adverb; no or not
KJV usage: + long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, + nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. See also 3364, 3372.
Pronounce: oo
Origin: οὐκ (ook), and (before an aspirate) οὐχ (ookh) a primary word
faith
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
pistis (Greek #4102)
persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself
KJV usage: assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity.
Pronounce: pis'-tis
Origin: from 3982
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absurd.

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Ministry on This Verse

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delivered.
Rom. 15:31• 31that I may be delivered from the disobedient in Judea, and my ministry that [is] for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints; (Rom. 15:31)
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1 Cor. 15:32• 32If after man I fought with beasts in Ephesus, what [is] the profit to me? If no dead rise, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. (1 Cor. 15:32)
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2 Cor. 1:8‑10• 8For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, as to our tribulation that came to pass d in Asia, that we were excessively pressed beyond power, so as for us to despair even of our living.
 9But we ourselves have had in ourselves the sentence of death, that we should not have our trust in ourselves, but in God that raiseth the dead,
 10who delivered us from so great a death, and doth e deliver, in whom we have hope that he will also yet deliver, (2 Cor. 1:8‑10)
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1 Thess. 2:18• 18Wherefore we desired to come unto you, I, Paul, both once and twice, and Satan hindered us. (1 Thess. 2:18)
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2 Tim. 4:17• 17But the Lord stood by me and gave me power, that through me the proclamation might be fully made, and all the Gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of a lion's mouth. (2 Tim. 4:17)
unreasonable.
Gr. absurd.
for.
Deut. 32:20•  (Deut. 32:20)
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Matt. 17:17• 17{i}And Jesus answering said, O unbelieving and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to me.{/i} (Matt. 17:17)
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Matt. 23:23• 23{i}Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye pay tithes of mint and anise and cummin, and ye have left aside the weightier matters of the law, judgment and mercy and faith: these ye ought to have done and not have left those aside.{/i} (Matt. 23:23)
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Luke 18:8• 8I say unto you that he will avenge them speedily. But when the Son of man cometh, shall he indeed find faith on the earth? (Luke 18:8)
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John 2:23‑25• 23Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, at the feast, many believed on his name, beholding his signs which he did.
 24But Jesus himself did not trust himself to them, inasmuch as he knew all [men],
 25and because he needed not that any should testify of man, for himself knew what was in man. (John 2:23‑25)
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Acts 13:45,50• 45But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the things spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
 50But the Jews excited the women of rank that worshipped, and the chiefs of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and sent them out of their borders. (Acts 13:45,50)
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Acts 14:2• 2But the Jews that disobeyed stirred up the souls of the Gentiles and aggravated [them] against the brethren. (Acts 14:2)
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Acts 17:5• 5But the Jews, having been stirred up to jealousy, took unto them certain wicked men of the rabble, and gathering a crowd, set the city in confusion, and besetting the house of Jason, sought to bring them out to the people. (Acts 17:5)
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Acts 28:24• 24And some assented to the things that were said, and some disbelieved. (Acts 28:24)
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Rom. 10:16• 16But not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias says, “Lord, who believed our report?” (Rom. 10:16)
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2 Cor. 4:3‑4• 3But if even our gospel is veiled, in those that perish it is veiled,
 4in whom the god of this age blinded the minds of the faithless, that the illumination of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is [the] image of God, should not shine forth. (2 Cor. 4:3‑4)
• Never does the Apostle, never did a spiritual man, boast of the numbers, or the position, the wealth or the intelligence, of his supporters: no surer sign of the world, nor of Satan's snare among those who take the ground of faith. (“On 2 Thessalonians 3:1-5” by W. Kelly)
• "Unreasonable," ἄτοποι, meant originally "out of place," and hence strange, marvelous, and in a moral sense worthless, as saying and doing what was unsuitable and out of the way. (“On 2 Thessalonians 3:1-5” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and that we may be delivered from bad and evil men, for faith is not the portion of all.

W. Kelly Translation

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and that we may be delivered from unreasonablea and evil men, for all have not faithb.

WK Translation Notes

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The word here translated "unreasonable," meant originally "out of place," and hence strange, marvelous, and in a moral sense worthless, as saying and doing what was unsuitable and out of the way.
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I know not why "the faith" should be preferred to "faith" in the abstract: the Greek will bear either.