2 Thessalonians 3:1 Cross References - Moffatt

¹ Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed on and triumph, as in your own case,

³⁸ so pray the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to gather his harvest."

² He said to them, "The harvest is rich, but the labourers are few; so pray the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to gather his harvest.

⁷ And the word of God spread; the number of the disciples in Jerusalem greatly increased, and a host of priests became obedient to the faith.

²⁴ The word of God spread and multiplied.

⁴⁸ When the Gentiles heard this they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord and believed, that is, all who had been ordained to eternal life; ⁴⁹ and the word of the Lord went far and wide over the whole country.

²⁰ Thus did the word of the Lord increase and prevail mightily.

³⁰ Brothers, I beg of you, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love that the Spirit inspires, rally round me by praying to God for me;

⁹ for I have wide opportunities here for active service — and there are many to thwart me.

¹¹ Let me have your cooperation in prayer, so that many a soul may render thanks to him on my behalf for the boon which many have been the means of him bestowing on myself.

¹⁹ and on my behalf also, that I may be allowed to speak and open my lips in order to expound fully and freely that open secret of the gospel ²⁰ for the sake of which I am in custody as its envoy. Pray that I may have freedom to declare it as I should.

³ and pray for me as well, that God may give me an opening for the word, to speak of the open secret of Christ for which I am in custody.

⁵ for our gospel came to you not with mere words but also with power and with the holy Spirit, with ample conviction on our part (you know what we were to you, for your own good),

⁸ for the word of the Lord has resounded from you not only through Macedonia and Achaia — no, your faith in God has reached every place. We never need to speak about it.

¹ But you remember yourselves, brothers, that our visit to you was no failure.

¹³ We thank God constantly for this too, that when you received the word of the divine message from us, you took it not as a human word but for what it really is, the word of God. It proves effective in you believers,

¹ Finally, brothers, we beg and beseech you in the Lord Jesus to follow our instructions about the way you are to live so as to satisfy God; you are leading that life, but you are to excel in it still further.

¹⁷ never give up prayer,

²⁵ Pray for us too, brothers.

⁹ for which I have to suffer imprisonment as if I were a criminal. (But there is no prison for the word of God.)

¹⁸ Pray for me, for I am sure I have a clean conscience; my desire is in every way to lead an honest life. ¹⁹ I urge you to this all the more, that I may get back to you the sooner.