The special circumstances which called for forbearance (1 Thessalonians 5:14) were likely to develop a disposition to retaliate upon those who displayed an ungenerous and insubordinate spirit (e.g., the ἄτακτοι); but the injunction has a wider range (εἰς πάντας, including their fellow-countrymen, 1 Thessalonians 2:14).

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Old Testament