<p>1:11- see on 1 Thess. 1:3.</p><p><i>To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling- </i>See on :5. Paul had the end in view for them, which was acceptance by the Lord at the last day; so that their calling to the Kingdom would come true in practice.</p><p><i>And fulfil every desire of goodness and work of faith, with power</i>- Paul assumed they had such spiritual ambition, desiring good news, and wanted to see it realized. Spiritual ambition means that we will desire to do some things which we can&rsquo;t physically fulfil- and yet they will be counted to us and we will be empowered to do them. Abraham is spoken of as having offered up Isaac- his intention was counted as the act. And Prov. 19:22 RV appropriately comments: &ldquo;The desire of a man is the measure of his kindness&rdquo;. It is all accepted according to what a man has, not what he has not. And yet the filling &quot;fulfil&quot; with &quot;power&quot; speaks of the power of the Spirit to empower us to actually do the goodness which we in faith would like to achieve. It is God's &quot;desire&quot; that we should be saved (Eph. 1:5,9 s.w.). If this is also our desire, then we will be empowered towards it. We are strengthened with &quot;power&quot; (s.w.) &quot;by his Spirit in the inner man&quot; (Eph. 3:16), &quot;the power (s.w.) that works within us&quot; (Eph. 3:20). If we desire goodness and believe God will empower us, then He will, through the gift of the Spirit. And that is in view too in the next verse (see note there). We know that it is God's will for us to be spiritual and to be saved; and so in praying for things relating to that, we are praying according to His will and will be thus empowered.</p>