Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be glorified, even as also with you;
May have free course — They were to pray that the doctrine of the Lord, ὁ λογος του Κυριου, might run, τρεχη, an allusion to the races in the Olympic games: that, as it had already got into the stadium or race course, and had started fairly, so it might run on, get to the goal, and be glorified; i.e., gain the crown, appointed for him that should get first to the end of the course.