Theophylact of Ohrid, on 1Thess 3:11

“Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you.”

“If already in the epistle the apostle includes his prayer, then by this he shows that he also prayed privately to see them. At the same time he also justifies himself, that he is far from them not out of negligence, as if saying: May God Himself put an end to the temptations that from all sides hinder us from coming to you by a direct path.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.