“Brethren, pray for us.”
King James Version (KJV)
5:23 And may the God of peace sanctify you - By the peace he works in you, which is a great means of sanctification. Wholly - The word signifies wholly and perfectly; every part and all that concerns you; all that is of or about you. And may the whole of you, the spirit and the soul and the body - Just before he said you; now he denominates them from their spiritual state. The spirit - #Gal 6:8|; wishing that it may be preserved whole and entire: then from their natural state, the soul and the body; (for these two make up the whole nature of man, #Matt 10:28|;) wishing it may be preserved blameless till the coming of Christ. To explain this a little further: of the three here mentioned, only the two last are the natural constituent parts of man. The first is adventitious, and the supernatural gift of God, to be found in Christians only. That man cannot possibly consist of three parts, appears hence: The soul is either matter or not matter: there is no medium. But if it is matter, it is part of the body: if not matter, it coincides with the Spirit.
5:24 Who also will do it - Unless you quench the Spirit.
5:27 I charge you by the Lord - Christ, to whom proper divine worship is here paid. That this epistle - The first he wrote. Be read to all the brethren - That is, in all the churches. They might have concealed it out of modesty, had not this been so solemnly enjoined: but what Paul commands under so strong an adjuration, Rome forbids under pain of excommunication.
1Th 5:25 Brethren, pray for us. How often Paul requests this prayer! See Eph 6:19 Col 4:3 2Th 3:1.
Brethren, pray for vs.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
Brethren, pray for us.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Brethren, pray for us.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Brothers, keep us in mind in your prayers.
- Basic English Bible
Brethren, pray for us.
- Darby Bible
Brethren, pray for us.
- Webster's Bible
Brethren, pray for us.
- Weymouth Bible
Brothers, pray for us.
- World English Bible
Britheren, preye ye for vs.
- Wycliffe Bible
Brethren, pray for us;
- Youngs Literal Bible