Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be glorified, even as also with you;
The same idea is presented to those at Philippi, as Paul says, "Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain" (Philippians 2:16). The Hebrew writer records "...let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us" (Hebrews 12:1). Shortly before the Apostle Paul died, he wrote to the young evangelist Timothy, "...I have finished my course..." (2 Timothy 4:7).