1 Thessalonians 5:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; ”

1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 i...
1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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 minist...
1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 Ch...
1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

beseech . App-134. Not the same as 1 Thessalonians 4:10 . among . App-104. are over . Greek. proisteimi. See Romans 12:8 .
1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 als...
1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; Know them - Act kindly towards them; acknowledge them as the messengers of Christ; a...
1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 perso...
1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 3:3-4 ).
1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 z...
1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 13 RULERS AND RULED 1 Thessalonians 5:12-15 (R.V.) AT the present moment, one great cause of division among Christian churches is the existence of different forms of Church government....
1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Without Blame” at His Coming 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28 The remainder of the chapter is filled with brief sentences of exhortation, like cablegrams from our Heavenly Captain to his soldiers, who,...
1 Thessalonians 5:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 ar...
1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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 pe...
1 Thessalonians 5:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 i...
1 Thessalonians 5:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 a...
1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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, admi...
1 Thessalonians 5:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Various Exhortations; Duty towards Fellow-Christians. A. D. 51. 11 Wherefore comfort yoursel...
1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 mi...
1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘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 yo...
1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:9-15 I. This passage, 1 Thessalonians 5:9-15 , 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...
1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:1-2 . 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....
1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 ch...
1 Thessalonians 5:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 in...
1 Thessalonians 5:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 instr...
1 Thessalonians 5:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 12:28 ; 1 Corinthians 15:10 ; 1 Corinthians 16:16 ; 1 Corinthians 16:18 ; 1 Corinthians 3:9 ; 1 Peter 5:2 ; 1 Peter 5:3 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:9 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:14 ; 1 Timoth...
1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 ove...

1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Thessalonians 5:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Thessalonians 5:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Thessalonians 5:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 5:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes