1 Thessalonians 5:12
Now we entreat you, brethren, to know those who labour among you, and preside over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
11Wherefore comfort one another, and edify one another, as also ye do.
Cross References
Luke 10:1THEN after these things the Lord appointed other seventy persons also, and sent them, two and two before his face, into every city and place, whither he himself designed to go.
John 4:38I have sent you to reap that on which ye have bestowed no labour: others have laboured, and ye have entered into their labour.
Acts 20:35In all things I have set you the example, that so labouring hard ye ought to help the infirm, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, because he himself said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
1 Corinthians 12:28And these also hath God placed in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, next miracles, then gifts of healings, helpers, directors, different kinds of tongues.
1 Corinthians 16:16wherefore submit yourselves to such, and to every one that worketh with us and laboureth.
2 Corinthians 5:9wherefore also our ambition is, that whether dwelling in the body, or out of the body, we may 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 →