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Notes, Critical and Explanatory, on the Holy Scriptures
Chapter 3
2 Thessalonians 3
The apostle desires to be delivered from the opposition of the avowed enemies of the faith, and from the snares of those dissemblers, who outwardly profess it, whilst in their heart they reject it.
p. "this epistle." The definite article has sometimes the force of a demon- strative pronoun ; but it is not clear that such is the case here. Some render the text, "mark him by letter."
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