2 Thessalonians 3:1

Just as it is expedient for us to implore God's mercy for the salvation of your souls, so you ought to pour forth prayers to the Lord on our behalf. We should not consider the apostle's actions inappropriate. To so great an extent did he …

"Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you, and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith. But the Lord is …

"Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run and be glorified, even as also it is with you." He indeed had prayed for them, that they might be stablished; and now he asks of them, entreating them to pray for him, not that he may not incur danger, for to this he was appointed, but that "the word of the Lord may run and be glorified, even as also it is with you." And the request is accompanied with commendation. "Even as also it is with you."

He himself had previously prayed for them, that they might be established in the faith; now he asks them to pray for him, not asking that he not be subjected to dangers (for he had devoted himself to this), but that "the word of the …

Concerning other things, brothers, pray for us In this act of humility he leaves us an example. so that the Word of God may advance That is, be completed and become acceptable. and be glorified, just as it is among you As if he were …

Above, he instructed them about what will happen in the last days. Here he instructs them about certain things that they particularly needed to do. And first, he sets out his instruction; second, the conclusion of the epistle, at "now may the God of peace …

Ministers need, and therefore should desire, the prayers of their people. How remarkable is the humility, and how engaging the example, of this great apostle, who was so mighty in prayer himself, and yet despised not the prayers of the meanest Christian, but desired an interest in them.

Finally, brethren, pray for us,....

He was more solicitous that God's name might be sanctified, his kingdom advanced, and his will done, than he was about his own daily bread. He desired that the word of the Lord might run (so it is in the original), that it might get ground, that the interest of religion in the world might go forward and not backward, and not only go forward, but go apace.

That the new-creating word may "run," as "swiftly" as the creative word at the first (Ps 147:15). The opposite is the word of God being "bound" (2Ti 2:9). glorified--by sinners accepting it (Ac 13:48; Contrast "evil spoken of" (1Pe 4:14). as it is with you-- (1Th 1:6;

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Finally, brethren - The words το λοιπον do not mean finally, but, furthermore - to come to a conclusion - what remains is this - I shall only add - any of these phrases expresses the sense of the original. Pray for us - God, in the order of his grace and providence, has made even the success of his Gospel dependent, in a certain measure, on the prayers of his followers. Why he should do so we cannot tell, but that he has done so we know; and they are not a little criminal who neglect to make fervent supplications for the prosperity of the cause of God. May have free course - They were to pray that the doctrine of the Lord, ὁ λογος του Κυριου, might run, τρεχῃ, an allusion to the races in the Olympic games: that, as it had already got into the stadium or race course, and had started fairly, so it might run on, get to the goal, and be glorified; i.e., gain the crown, appointed for him that should get first to the end of the course.