I adjure you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the brethren.
Verse 27. I charge you by the Lord. Marg., adjure. Gr., "I put you under oath by the Lord" ορκιζωυμαςτονκυριον. It is equivalent to binding persons by an oath. . Comp. ; . That this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren. To all the church. Comp. .
Our apostle having now finished his epistle, gives a strict charge for the perusal of it. In which, observe, 1. The duty enjoined, with the matter of it, namely, the reading of this epistle, and for the same reason all the rest, which had the like stamp of divine authority upon them. Observe, 2.
I charge--Greek, "I adjure you." read unto all--namely, publicly in the congregation at a particular time. The Greek aorist tense implies a single act done at a particular time. The earnestness of his adjuration implies how solemnly important he felt this divinely inspired message to be.