1 Thessalonians 5:12
BUT I entreat of you, my brethren, to know them who labour among you, and stand before your faces teaching you,
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
11Wherefore comfort one another, and edify one another, as also you do.
13that they be esteemed by you in abundant love; and on account of their work be at peace with them.
Cross References
Luke 10:1AFTER these Jeshu separated from his disciples seventy others, and sent them by two and two before his face to every place and city whither he was himself to come.
John 4:38I sent you to reap that (for) which you did not toil; for others toiled, and you have entered upon their labour.
Acts 20:35And I have shown you every thing, (that) so it behoveth to labour, and to be careful of those who are infirm, and to remember the word of our Lord Jeshu, that he said, He is blessed who giveth, more than he who receiveth.
1 Corinthians 12:28FOR Aloha hath placed in the church, first, apostles; after them, prophets; after them, teachers; after them, workers of miracles; after them, gifts of healing, and helpers, and leaders, and kinds of tongues.
1 Corinthians 16:16that you be submissive to such as they, and to every one who laboureth with us and helpeth.
2 Corinthians 5:9We give diligence, that whether we are pilgrims or inhabitants, we may be pleasing unto 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 →