1 Thessalonians 5:25

“Brethren, pray for us”

“Pray”: The word “pray” here is in the continuous tense, that is, keep praying for us. Paul often asks for the prayers of those he had converted (Ephesians 6:19; Colossians 3:3; 2 Thessalonians 3:1). This infers that the prayers of "ordinary" Christians are just as effective as the prayers of an apostle. Those members in the first century who could not journey and spread the gospel, could perform. valuable service in praying for those who did. This is also. mark of Paul's humility. He realized that he needed the prayers of Christians, even new converts. He knew that he needed their prayers just as much as they needed his. “It is easy to picture for ourselves Paul as. very great Apostle ceaselessly occupied with his work of issuing directives to other people on how they should live out their faith, while he himself sits above the storm or calmly goes on his undisturbed way. Such, of course, is far from being. true picture. Paul was very much caught up in the hurly-burly. He was very conscious of his own limitations” (Morris p. 183).