1 Thessalonians 5:12
And we entreat you, my brethren, that ye recognize them who labor among you, and who stand before your faces in our Lord, and instruct you:
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
11Therefore comfort one another, and edify one another, as also ye have done.
Cross References
Luke 10:1And after these things, Jesus separated from among his disciples seventy other persons, and sent them, two and two, before his face, to every place and city whither he was to go.
John 4:38I sent you to reap that, on which ye labored not: for others toiled, and ye entered into their labor.
Acts 20:35And I have showed you all things; that thus it is a duty to labor, and to care for the infirm, and to remember the words of our Lord Jesus; for he hath said, That he is more blessed who giveth, than he who receiveth.
1 Corinthians 12:28For God hath placed in his church, first, legates; after them, prophets; after them, teachers; after them, workers of miracles; after them, the gifts of healing, and helpers, and leaders, and various kinds of tongues.
1 Corinthians 16:16that ye also give ear to them who are such; and to every one, that laboreth with us and aideth.
2 Corinthians 5:9We are assiduous, that whether we are absent, or whether at home, we may please 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 →