1 Thessalonians 5:25 (GNV)

Passage

Brethren, pray for vs.

Nearby Context

1 Thessalonians 5:23 Nowe the very God of peace sanctifie you throughout: and I pray God that your whole spirite and soule and body, may be kept blamelesse vnto the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 5:24 Faithfull is hee which calleth you, which will also doe it.

1 Thessalonians 5:25 Brethren, pray for vs.

1 Thessalonians 5:26 Greete all the brethren with an holy kisse.

1 Thessalonians 5:27 I charge you in the Lord, that this Epistle be read vnto all the brethren the Saintes.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "brethren" and "pray". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "brethren" and "pray", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 24's "Faithfull is hee which calleth you which..." into verse 26's "Greete all the brethren with an holy...", so "brethren" and "pray" belong inside that flow. In 1 Thessalonians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "brethren" and "pray" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.