2 Thessalonians 3:2

“And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men, &c.] Either from the unbelieving Jews, (see <451530>Romans 15:30,31) who were the avowed enemies of the Gospel, and did all they could to hinder the spread of it; and who were the implacable and constant adversaries of the apostle; who often lay in wait for him, and opposed him, and gave him trouble in all places, stirring up the people against him: or from the false teachers, and those of their party, who are the false brethren by whom he often was in perils; who were enemies of the cross of Christ, and great hindrances to the spread of the Gospel; being men of absurd principles, and of wicked lives and conversations, whereby…”

“that we . . . be delivered from unreasonable . . . men--literally, men out of place, inept, unseemly: out of the way bad: more than ordinarily bad. An undesigned coincidence with Act 18:5-9. Paul was now at Corinth, where the JEWS "opposed themselves" to his preaching: in answer to his prayers and those of his converts at Thessalonica and elsewhere, "the Lord, in vision," assured him of exemption from "the hurt," and of success in bringing in "much people." On the unreasonable, out-of-the way perversity of the Jews, as known to the Thessalonians, see Th1 2:15-16. have not faith--or as Greek, "the faith" of the Christian: the only antidote to what is "unreasonable and wicked." The…”

“And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men - That is, from opposition in their endeavors to spread the gospel. Paul encountered such men everywhere, as all do who labor to diffuse the knowledge of the truth, but it is probable that there is particular reference here to the opposition which he encountered when in Corinth. This opposition arose mainly from the Jews; see Acts 18:5-6, Acts 18:12-13. The word “unreasonable” is rendered in the margin as “absurd.” The Greek word (ἀτόπος atopos) means, properly, “out of place;” then “absurd, unusual, strange; then improper, unreasonable, wicked.” It is rendered in Luke 23:41 as “amiss;” in Acts 28:6 as “harm.” It does not occur…”

“All men have not faith - And all men who have not are more or less unreasonable and wicked men. 2 Thessalonians 3:3”

“3:2 Paul, too, suffered for the Good News (2 Cor 6:5; 11:23-26; 1 Thes 2:2). His prayer to be rescued echoes Isa 25:4.”

“delivered: Rom 15:31; Co1 15:32; Co2 1:8-10; Th1 2:18; Ti2 4:17 unreasonable: Gr. absurd for: Deu 32:20; Mat 17:17, Mat 23:23; Luk 18:8; Joh 2:23-25; Act 13:45, Act 13:50, Act 14:2; Act 17:5, Act 28:24; Rom 10:16; Co2 4:3, Co2 4:4 2 Thessalonians 3:3”