1 Thessalonians 5:25

BD*, and some good minn., insert και after προσευχεσθε.

25. Ἀδελφοί, προσεύχεσθε [καὶ] περὶ ἡμῶν. Brothers, pray [also] for us. The καί of the R.V. margin (see Textual Note) is appropriate; since the Apostles have just prayed for their readers (1 Thessalonians 5:23), their prayers for the writers are due in turn; for similar reciprocity indicated by καί, see 1 Thessalonians 3:6 b above, and Colossians 1:8. The absence of καί in the parallel 2 Thessalonians 3:1 and Hebrews 13:18 (where it is not required) might occasion its omission by copyists here. For the general wish, beside 2 Thessalonians 3:1 f. where it is expanded, cf. Ephesians 6:19; Colossians 4:3 f.; Philippians 1:19; Romans 15:30—“that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me.” St Paul, in all the strength of his gifts and office, felt his dependence on the prayers of the Church, and realized through this means his fellowship with distant brethren in Christ.