2 Thessalonians 3:1

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, 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 5:23 ; 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.