2 Thessalonians 3:2

And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.

That we may be delivered from unreasonable, [atopoi] - men out of place, inept, out of the way, bad: an undesigned coincidence with Acts 18:5. Paul was now at Corinth, where THE JEWS 'opposed themselves' to his preaching: in answer to his prayers and those of his converts, 'the Lord, in vision,' promised exemption from "hurt," and the conversion of "much people." Paul's desire for "deliverance" was in order that it might enable him to further God's word (). 'The synagogues of the Jews were fountains of persecutions' (Tertullian, 'Gnost. Scorp.' 10).

Have not faith - Greek, 'the (Christian) faith:' the only antidote to what is "unreasonable and wicked." The Thessalonians, from their ready acceptance of the Gospel, might think "all" would receive it; but the Jews were far from having such a readiness to believe.