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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT (1 Thessalonians 5:1-11)...
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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...
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BESEECH. App-134. Not the same as 1 Thessalonians 4:10.
AMONG. App-104.
ARE OVER. Greek. _proisteimi._ See Romans 12:8....
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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...
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_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...
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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
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§ 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
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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)....
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KNOW] better, 'value.' The probable reference is to the presbyters
sometimes called (in allusion to their duties) 'overseers' (1 Timothy
5:17)....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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General instructions for the church....
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“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...
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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...
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(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...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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KNOW THEM WHICH LABOR AMONG YOU; as your ministers, with affectionate
love and obedience to their instructions....
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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...
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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;...
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“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...
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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...
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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...
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But we beseech you, brethren, to know them that labor among you, and
are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;...
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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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1 Thessalonians 5:12 And G1161 urge G2065 (G5719) you G5209 brethren
G80 recognize G1492 (G5760) who G3588
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 te...
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_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...
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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
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 12:28; 1 Corinthians 15:10; 1 Corinthians 16:16; 1
Corinthians 16:18;...
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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...
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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,...
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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...