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, το λοιπον, 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, 2 Thessalonians 2:16,17. See the like,1 Thessalonians 5:23; 1 Thessalonians 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. πρεχη, may run its race, as the sun doth, Psalms 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, Acts 13:48. The word never worketh till it be received with admiration.