Robertson Word Pictures - 2 Thessalonians 3:1 - 3:1

Online Resource Library

Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com

Robertson Word Pictures - 2 Thessalonians 3:1 - 3:1


(Show All Books | Show All Chapters)

This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

Finally (to loipon). Accusative of general reference. Cf. loipon 1Th 4:1.

Pray (proseuchesthe). Present middle, keep on praying. Note peri as in 1Th 5:25.

That the word of the Lord may run and be glorified (hina ho logos tou kuriou trechēi kai doxazētai). Usual construction of hina after proseuchomai, sub-final use, content and purpose combined. Note present subjunctive with both verbs rather than aorist, may keep on running and being glorified, two verbs joined together nowhere else in the N.T. Paul probably derived this metaphor from the stadium as in 1Co 9:24.; Gal 2:2; Rom 9:16; Phi 2:16; 2Ti 4:7. Lightfoot translates “may have a triumphant career.” On the word of the Lord see note on 1Th 1:8. Paul recognizes the close relation between himself and the readers. He needs their prayers and sympathy and he rejoices in their reception of the word of the Lord already, even as also it is with you (kathōs kai pros humas). “As it does in your case” (Frame).