SEV Biblia, Chapter 5:25
Hermanos, orad por nosotros.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 5:25
Verse 25. Pray for me.] Even apostles, while acting under an extraordinary mission, and enjoying the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, felt the necessity of the prayers of the faithful. God requires that his people should pray for his ministers; and it is not to be wondered at, if they who pray not for their preachers should receive no benefit from their teaching. How can they expect God to send a message by him, for whom they, who are the most interested, have not prayed? If the grace and Spirit of Christ be not worth the most earnest prayers which a man can offer, they, and the heaven to which they lead, are not worth having.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 25. Brethren, pray for us .] Which is added with great beauty and propriety, after the apostle had so earnestly and affectionately prayed for them; and this is directed, not to the pastors of the church only, but to all the members of it, whom the apostle styles brethren in a spiritual relation, as he often does; and of whom he requests, that they would pray for him, and the rest of his fellow ministers and labourers in the word, that God would more and more qualify and fit them for their work, assist in private studies and meditations, give them freedom of thought, liberty of expression, and a door of utterance, and follow their ministrations with a divine blessing and success, and deliver them out of the hands of unreasonable men; (see Gill on Hebrews 13:18).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 23-28 - The apostle prays that they might be sanctified more perfectly, for the best are sanctified but in part while in this world; therefore we should pray for, and press toward, complete holiness. And as we mus fall, if God did not carry on his good work in the soul, we should pra to God to perfect his work, till we are presented faultless before the throne of his glory. We should pray for one another; and brethre should thus express brotherly love. This epistle was to be read to all the brethren. Not only are the common people allowed to read the Scriptures, but it is their duty, and what they should be persuaded to do. The word of God should not be kept in an unknown tongue, but transplanted, that as all men are concerned to know the Scriptures, s they all may be able to read them. The Scriptures should be read in all public congregations, for the benefit of the unlearned especially. We need no more to make us happy, than to know the grace of our Lord Jesu Christ. He is an ever-flowing and an over-flowing fountain of grace to supply all our wants __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
ασπασασθε 782 5663 V-ADM-2P τους 3588 T-APM αδελφους 80 N-APM παντας 3956 A-APM εν 1722 PREP φιληματι 5370 N-DSN αγιω 40 A-DSN
Robertson's NT Word Studies
5:25 {Pray for us} (proseucesqe [kai] peri hemwn). He has made his prayer for them. He adds this "human touch" (Frame) and pleads for the prayers of his converts (#2Th 3:1; Col 4:2f.). Probably kai also is genuine (B D).
