Brethren, pray for us St Paul has just prayed for his readers (1 Thessalonians 5:23; comp. ch. 1 Thessalonians 1:2; 1 Thessalonians 3:10-13); he desires that they in tarn should pray for him. "Some ancient authorities," very suitably, "read also" (R. V. margin): pray also for us, i.e. as we do for you.

In 2 Thessalonians 3:1-2 he repeats this request, in more definite form. Comp. Ephesians 6:19; Colossians 4:3-4; 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 his office, yet felt his dependence on the prayers of the Church, and realised through this means his fellowship with brethren in Christ however distant.

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