2 Thessalonians 3:1
For the rest, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run and be glorified, even as also with you;
Darby Translation
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In Context
2and that we may be delivered from bad and evil men, for faith [is] not [the portion] of all.
Cross References
Matthew 9:38supplicate therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth workmen unto his harvest.
Acts 6:7And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem was very greatly multiplied, and a great crowd of the priests obeyed the faith.
Acts 13:48And [those of] the nations, hearing it, rejoiced, and glorified the word of the Lord, and believed, as many as were ordained to eternal life.
Romans 15:30But I beseech you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in prayers for me to God;
2 Corinthians 1:11ye also labouring together by supplication for us that the gift towards us, through means of many persons, may be the subject of the thanksgiving of many for us.
Colossians 4:3praying at the same time for us also, that God may open to us a door of the word to speak the mystery of Christ, on account of which also I am bound,
Matthew Henry on 2 Thessalonians 3:1
In the close of the foregoing chapter, the apostle had prayed earnestly for the Thessalonians, and now he desires their prayers, encouraging them to trust in God, to which he subjoins another petition for them, ver. 1-5 . He then proceeds to give them commands and directions for correcting some things he was informed were amiss among them ( ver. 6-15 ) and concludes with benedictions and prayers, ver. 16-18 . Read the whole commentary →