2Th 3:1 | JFB | STEP | . He Asks Their Prayers: His Confidence in Them: Prayer for Them: Charges against Disorderly Idle Conduct; His Own Example: Concluding Prayer and Salutation. 1. Finally-- literally, "As to what remains." may have free course-- literally, "may run"; spread rapidly without a drag on the wheels of its course. That the new-creating word may "run," as "swiftly" as the creative word at the first ( ). The opposite is the word of God being "bound" ( ). glorified-- by sinners accepting it ( ; , ). Contrast "evil spoken of" ( ). as it is with you-- ( ; ; ).

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2Th 3:1-18. He Asks Their Prayers: His Confidence in Them: Prayer for Them: Charges against Disorderly Idle Conduct; His Own Example: Concluding Prayer and Salutation.

1. Finally--literally, "As to what remains."

may have free course--literally, "may run"; spread rapidly without a drag on the wheels of its course. That the new-creating word may "run," as "swiftly" as the creative word at the first (Psa 147:15). The opposite is the word of God being "bound" (2Ti 2:9).

glorified--by sinners accepting it (Ac 13:48; Ga 1:23, 24). Contrast "evil spoken of" (1Pe 4:14).

as it is with you--(1Th 1:6; 4:10; 5:11).