1 Thessalonians 5:14
And we ask you, brothers: correct the disruptive, console the weak-minded, support the sick, be patient with everyone.
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Isaiah 40:1“Be consoled, be consoled, O my people!” says your God.
Isaiah 63:9Throughout all their tribulation, he was not troubled, for the Angel of his presence saved them. With his love, and by his leniency, he has redeemed them, and he has carried them and lifted them up, throughout all the days of the ages.
Ezekiel 3:17“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. And so, you shall listen to the word from my mouth, and you shall announce it to them from me.
Ezekiel 34:16I will seek what had been lost. And I will lead back again what had been cast aside. And I will bind up what had been broken. And I will strengthen what had been infirm. And I will preserve what was fat and strong. And I will feed them on judgment.
Luke 22:32But I have prayed for you, so that your faith may not fail, and so that you, once converted, may confirm your brothers.”
Acts 20:27For I have not turned aside in the least from announcing every counsel of God to you.
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 →