1 Thessalonians 5:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves. ”

1 Thessalonians 5:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And to esteem them very highly in love - To cherish for them an affectionate regard. The office of a minister of religion demands respect. They who are faithful in that office have a claim on the...
1 Thessalonians 5:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And to esteem them very highly in love for (d) their work's sake. (8) [And] be at peace among yourselves. (d) So then, when this reason ceases, then must the honour cease. (8) The maintenance of mut...
1 Thessalonians 5:13 - 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 5:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

esteem . reckon. very highly . Greek. huperekperissos. See 1 Thessalonians 3:10 and Ephesians 3:20 . for their work's sake . on account of (App-104. 1 Thessalonians 5:2 ) their work. be...
1 Thessalonians 5:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

13 With love. Others render it by love; for Paul says in love, which, according to the Hebrew idiom, is equivalent to by or with. I prefer, however, to explain it thus — as mean...
1 Thessalonians 5:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves. Esteem them very highly in love - Christian ministers, who preach the whole truth, and labor in the w...
1 Thessalonians 5:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves. Very highly, х huperekperissou (G5240a)] - 'exceeding abundantly.' For their work's sake...
1 Thessalonians 5:13 - 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 5:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Very highly in love. — The original here is difficult; but it seems best, with most good commentators, ancient and modern, to construe “in love” with “esteem,” and to make “very highly” (a very ent...
1 Thessalonians 5:13 - 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 5:13 - 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 5:13 - 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 5:13 - 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 5:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And to esteem them very highly ,.... Or, as the Ethiopic version renders it, "honour them abundantly"; for such are worthy of double honour, and to be had in reputation; they should be honourably th...
1 Thessalonians 5:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves. Ver. 13. Very highly ] Gr. υπερ εκ περισσου, more than exceeding. a Turks and Papists shall els...
1 Thessalonians 5:13 - 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 5:13 - 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 5:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Various Exhortations; Duty towards Fellow-Christians. A. D. 51. 11 Wherefore comfort yoursel...
1 Thessalonians 5:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " 1 Thessalonians 5:12 "
1 Thessalonians 5:13 - 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 5:13 - 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 5:13 - 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 5:13 - 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 5:13 - 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 5:13 - 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 5:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Concluding Admonitions and Greeting. The conduct of Christians toward others:
1 Thessalonians 5:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 4:1 ; 1 Corinthians 4:2 ; 1 Corinthians 9:7-11 ; 2 Corinthians 13:11 ; 2 Thessalonians 3:16 ; 2 Timothy 2:22 ; Colossians 3:15 ; Ephesians 4:3 ; Galatians 4:14 ; Galatians 5:2...
1 Thessalonians 5:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Esteem them very highly — Literally, more than abundantly, in love — The inexpressible sympathy that is between true pastors and their flock is intimated, not only here, but also in divers other pl...

1 Thessalonians 5:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Thessalonians 5:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Thessalonians 5:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Thessalonians 5:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:13 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Thessalonians 5:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Thessalonians 5:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Thessalonians 5:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 5:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes