The greeting of me, Paul, with my own hand, which is the sign in every letter: this is how I write.

 Once again Paul comes to the end of a letter with the request that his people should pray for him (compare 1 Thessalonians 5:25; Romans 15:30 ff.; Philemon 1:22). There is something deeply moving in the thought of this giant among men asking for the prayers of the Thessalonians who so well recognized their own weakness. Nowhere is Paul's humility more clear to see. And the fact that he, as it were, threw himself on their hearts must have done much to bind even his opponents to him, because it is very difficult to dislike a man who asks you to pray for him. 