To those who work among you. Preachers (evangelists, see note on Ephesians 4:11) and church leaders (elders or pastors, see note on Ephesians 4:11). To guide and instruct you. Christianity is a teaching religion, "On-the-job-training for Eternity!" Evangelists and church leaders are to help each Christian to fulfill his or her individual ministry! [Christians are a kingdom of priests to God (Revelation 1:6).]
Verse 12. _KNOW THEM_] Act _kindly_ towards them; _acknowledge_ them as the messengers of Christ; and treat them with _tenderness_ and _respect_. This is a frequent meaning of the word γινωσκω. John 1...
AND WE BESEECH YOU, BRETHREN, TO KNOW THEM WHICH LABOUR AMONG YOU - Who they were is not mentioned. It is evident, however, that the church was not left without appointed persons to minister to it whe...
V. THE DAY OF THE LORD AND EXHORTATIONS CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The day of the Lord 1 Thessalonians 5:1)_ 2. Exhortations 1 Thessalonians 5:12) 3. Conclusions 1 Thes
SUNDRY COUNSELS AND EXHORTATIONS. 1 Thessalonians 5:12. Christians are urged to respect their leaders. No officers and ministers are mentioned in this epistle, but this verse implies that the Church h...
LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT (1 Thessalonians 5:1-11)...
We ask you, brothers, to give due recognition to those who labour among you and to those who preside over you in the Lord and admonish you, and to hold them very highly in love because of the work tha...
BESEECH. App-134. Not the same as 1 Thessalonians 4:10. AMONG. App-104. ARE OVER. Greek. _proisteimi._ See Romans 12:8....
Section VII. Rules for the Sanctified Life. Ch. 1 Thessalonians 5:12-24 In Section v. (ch. 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12) the _saintship_of his readers supplied the basis and the nerve of the Apostle's char...
_And we beseech you, brethren_ For "beseech" (or "ask") see note to ch. 1 Thessalonians 4:1. The Apostle resumes the line of exhortation which he there commenced, and which was interrupted by the cons...
Section VI. The Coming of the Lord Jesus Ch. 1 Thessalonians 4:13 to 1 Thessalonians 5:11 This solemn topic, as we have already seen (note on ch. 1 Thessalonians 1:10, and Intro
§ 10. 1 Thessalonians 5:12-15. The Church’s Internal Discipline The specific ὑστερήματα of this Church’s faith (1 Thessalonians 3:10) are now made good, in ch. 1 Thessalonians 4:1
προιστανομενους in אA (? Alexandrian); cf. Romans 12:8, and 1 Timothy 3:4, for the reading of א. 12. ἘΡΩΤΩ͂ΜΕΝ ΔῈ ὙΜΑ͂Σ, ἈΔΕΛΦΟΊ, ΕἸΔΈΝΑΙ ΤΟῪΣ ΚΟΠΙΩ͂ΝΤΑΣ ἘΝ ὙΜΙ͂Ν κ.τ.λ. _But we ask you, brothers, to...
ΈΡΩΤΏΜΕΝ _praes. act. ind. от_ ΈΡΩΤΆΩ (G2065) просить, спрашивать (_см._ 1 Thessalonians 4:1). ΕΊΔΈΝΑΙ _perf. act. inf. от_ ΟΙΔΑ (G1492) знать. Def. perf. со _знач. praes._ (ND, 344ff). ΚΟΠΙΏΝΤΑΣ _p...
_1 Thessalonians 5:12_. In a church which had been so lately planted, and that in the midst of so much confusion and opposition, it is no wonder that there should be several disorders. Among other thi...
TEXT (1 Thessalonians 5:12-13) 12 BUT WE BESEECH YOU, BRETHREN, TO KNOW THEM THAT LABOR AMONG YOU, AND ARE OVER YOU IN THE LORD, AND ADMONISH YOU; 13 AND TO ESTEEM THEM EXCEEDINGLY HIGHLY IN LOVE FOR...
And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; BESEECH - "exhort" in 1 Thessalonians 5:14; here, "we beseech," as a personal fav...
THE LORD'S PRESENCE THOSE DROWSING THOSE DROWSING 4 The day of the Lord with its terrors and destruction is not for us. The cry of "peace and security" should not lull us to sleep. We should be on t...
THE NEED OF WATCHFULNESS. FINAL INJUNCTIONS 1. Times and seasons] St. Paul always lays stress on the uncertainty as to the TIME of the Advent (2 Thessalonians 2:2 cp. 2 Peter 3:3)....
KNOW] better, 'value.' The probable reference is to the presbyters sometimes called (in allusion to their duties) 'overseers' (1 Timothy 5:17)....
WHEN JESUS CHRIST COMES 1 THE THESSALONIANS _IAN MACKERVOY_ A word list is at the end. It explains words with a *star by them. CHAPTER 5 WHEN THE *LORD WILL COME 5:1-11 V1 Now, brothers and s...
We now come to minor details of instruction, no doubt suggested by observation of manifest defects in the Thessalonian Church. These details show us still further the mixture of restless ungoverned ze...
CHAPTER 13 RULERS AND RULED 1 Thessalonians 5:12 (R.V.) AT the present moment, one great cause of division among Christian churches is the existence of different forms of Church government. Congrega...
These προϊστάμενοι are not officials but simply local Christians like Jason, Secundus, and perhaps Demas (in whose houses the Christians met), who, on account of their capacities or position, had info...
General instructions for the church....
“WITHOUT BLAME” AT HIS COMING 1 Thessalonians 5:12 The remainder of the chapter is filled with brief sentences of exhortation, like cablegrams from our Heavenly Captain to his soldiers, who, in the p...
Under the figure of a camp in which fully armed soldiers are waiting for the break of day, while those not expecting this are sleeping and drunken, the apostle shows that those waiting for the Son are...
(7) And we beseech you, brethren, to (b) know them which labour among you, and are over you in the (c) Lord, and admonish you; (7) We must have consideration of those who are appointed to the ministr...
(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 pea...
There is a special interest in examining the epistles to the Thessalonians, more particularly the first, because, in point of fact, it was the earliest of the letters of the apostles; and as the first...
12_And we beseech you_. Here we have an admonition that is very necessary. For as the kingdom of God is lightly esteemed, or at least is not esteemed suitably to its dignity, there follows also from t...
The Lord's coming again into this world assumes therefore a very different character from that of a vague object of hope to a believer as a period of glory. In Chapter 5 the apostle speaks of it, but...
AND WE BESEECH YOU, BRETHREN,.... Not in a natural or civil, but spiritual relation; and what follows relating to the ministers of the word, the apostle addresses this church on their behalf, not in a...
And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; Ver. 12. _And we beseech you, brethren_] Do not so exhort and edify one another as t...
_We beseech you, brethren, to know_ See, mark, take knowledge of _them_ that, 1st, _Labour among you_ Namely, in the work of the ministry, by preaching, teaching, catechising, visiting the sick, admin...
KNOW THEM WHICH LABOR AMONG YOU; as your ministers, with affectionate love and obedience to their instructions....
CONCLUDING ADMONITIONS AND GREETING. The conduct of Christians toward others:...
AND WE BESEECH YOU, BRETHREN, TO KNOW THEM WHICH LABOR AMONG YOU, AND ARE OVER YOU IN THE LORD, AND ADMONISH YOU;...
In contrast to the new revelation Paul gives at the end of ch. 4, he now tells them in ch. 5 that "of the times and seasons" there was no need to write, for this was a matter of which they were well a...
V. General Exhortations, 5:12-22 A. Appeal for harmony among Christians, 5:12-15 12 AND WE BESEECH YOU, BRETHREN, TO KNOW THEM WHICH LABOUR AMONG YOU, AND ARE OVER YOU IN THE LORD, AND ADMONISH YOU;...
“BUT WE BESEECH YOU, BRETHREN, TO KNOW THEM THAT LABOR AMONG YOU, AND ARE OVER YOU IN THE LORD, AND ADMONISH YOU” John Stott entitles this section, “How to be. gospel church”. In reading this portion...
12-15 The ministers of the gospel are described by the work of their office, which is to serve and honour the Lord. It is their duty not only to give good counsel, but also to warn the flock of dange...
OLBGrk; Ver. 12,13. The apostle spake before of their private duties as Christians to one another, now of their duties to their pastors and teachers, lest by what he had said they might think the mini...
But we beseech you, brethren, to know them that labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;...
1 Clement Let us reverence the Lord Jesus Christ, whose blood was given for us; let us esteem those who have the rule over us;[90] 1 Clement whose blood was given for us; let us esteem those who ha...
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‘But we beg you, brothers and sisters, to know those who labour among you, and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, and to esteem them highly in love for their work's sake. Be at peace among you...
AS Paul's custom was, he concludes this Epistle with a number of practical injunctions suitable to the circumstances of those to whom he writes, and more or less connected with one another....
1 Thessalonians 5:12. The transition from the last paragraph to this is easy. Having exhorted them to comfort one another, he naturally passes on to inculcate the duty of attending to those whose spec...
THEM THAT LABOUR AMONG YOU (τους κοπιωντας εν υμιν). Old word for toil even if weary.AND ARE OVER YOU IN THE LORD (κα προισταμενους υμων εν Κυριω). Same article with this participle. Literally, t...
1 Thessalonians 5:9 I. This passage, 1 Thessalonians 5:9, has its interest and value as showing us that the earliest and the latest of the Pauline Epistles are all at one in regard to the central doct...
1 Thessalonians 5:1. _But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night._ It...
CONTENTS: The model walk for the believer. The day of Jehovah. Exhortations to believers. CHARACTERS: Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul. CONCLUSION: Let Christians live like men who are awake, living in cons...
1 Thessalonians 5:1. _Of the times and seaso_n _s, ye have no need that I write to you._ Paul as a prophet might have said much concerning the dispensations of providence which should attend the churc...
_We beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you _ FAITHFUL MINISTERS WORTHY OF RESPECT I. The particulars upon which this claim for the ministers of Christ is founded. 1. The influen...
1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 5:12 RESPECT THOSE WHO LABOR... ADMONISH YOU. The young Thessalonian church was not appreciating and respecting its leaders enough. ARE OVER YOU. The elders in
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Thessalonians 5:12. THEM WHICH LABOUR AMONG YOU AND ARE OVER YOU IN THE LORD.—“A clear testimony, from this earliest New Testament writing, to the existence in the C...
EXPOSITION CONTENTS.—With regard to the time of that glorious advent when believers, whether dead or living, will be gathered together to Christ, the Thessalonians had already been fully instructed. T...
But of the times and seasons, brethren, you have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace...
1 Corinthians 12:28; 1 Corinthians 15:10; 1 Corinthians 16:16; 1 Corinthians 16:18;...
Know [ε ι δ ε ν α ι]. See on ch. 1 Thessalonians 4:4. Recognize them for what they are, and as entitled to respect because of their office. Comp. ejpiginwskete acknowledge, 1 Corinthians 16:18; and ej...
Know them that, Labour among you: Are over you in the Lord: Admonish you. Know — See, mark, take knowledge of them and their work. Sometimes the same person may both labour, that is, preach; be over,...
In these words have we declared both the minister's office and the people's duty; the minister's office, with respect unto his people, and the people's duty both towards their ministers, and one towar...