1 Thessalonians 5:12
But we beg you, brethren, to know those who labour among you, and take the lead among you in [the] Lord, and admonish you,
Darby Translation
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In Context
11Wherefore encourage one another, and build up each one the other, even as also ye do.
13and to regard them exceedingly in love on account of their work. Be in peace among yourselves.
Cross References
Luke 10:1Now after these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place where he himself was about to come.
John 4:38I have sent you to reap that on which ye have not laboured; others have laboured, and ye have entered into their labours.
Acts 20:35I have shewed you all things, that thus labouring [we] ought to come in aid of the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
1 Corinthians 12:28And God has set certain in the assembly: first, apostles; secondly, prophets; thirdly, teachers; then miraculous powers; then gifts of healings; helps; governments; kinds of tongues.
1 Corinthians 16:16that *ye* should also be subject to such, and to every one joined in the work and labouring.
2 Corinthians 5:9Wherefore also we are zealous, whether present or absent, to be agreeable 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 →