1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:



Ver. 1. Finally, brethren, &c.] Quod superest, ôï ëïéðïí , That which yet remains, brethren. Ministers have never done, but have somewhat more to say ( Redit labor actus in orbem) when they have said their utmost.



Pray for us] As he had done for them, 2Th_2:16-17. See the like, 1Th_5:23; 1Th_5:25. {See Trapp on "1Th_5:23"} {See Trapp on "1Th_5:24"} Oh, pray (said a dying Dutch divine) that God would preserve the gospel: Pontifex enim Rom. et Concilium Tridentinum mira moliunfur, For the pope and his Trent conventicle are plotting strange businesses.



May have free course] Gr. ðñå÷ç , may run its race, as the sun doth, Psa_19:4-5. Eusebius saith that the gospel spread at first through the world like a sunbeam. (Hist. ii. 3.)



And be glorified] As it was, Act_13:48. The word never worketh till it be received with admiration.