1 Thessalonians 5:12
Now we beseech you, brethren, to have regard for those who labor among you, and preside over you in the Lord, and admonish you,
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
11Wherefore, exhort one another, and edify one another, as you also do.
13and that you esteem them very highly in love on account of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.
Cross References
Luke 10:1And after these things, the Lord appointed seventy others, also, and sent them, two and two, before his face, into every city and place to which he himself was about to go.
John 4:38I have sent you to reap that on which you bestowed no labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labors.
Acts 20:35In all things I have taught you by example, that by thus laboring, you ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus; for he himself said, It is more blessed to give, than to receive.
1 Corinthians 12:28And God has placed some in the church, first, apostles; secondly, prophets; thirdly, teachers; then mighty deeds; then gifts of healing; helps, governments, kinds of tongues.
1 Corinthians 16:16that you submit yourselves to such, and to every one that works and labors with us.
2 Corinthians 5:9For this reason we also endeavor, whether we remain in the body or depart from it, to be acceptable to him.
Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 5:12-16
Various Exhortations; Duty towards Fellow-Christians. ( a. d. 51.) 11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do. 12 And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; 13 And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves. 14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men. 15 See that none… Read the whole commentary →