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1 Thess. 5:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And we beseech you, brethren, to know thems which labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

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Heb. 13:7,17• ⁷Remember your leaders who have spoken to you the word of God; and considering the issue of their conversation, imitate their faith.
¹⁷Obey your leaders, and be submissive; for *they* watch over your souls as those that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not groaning, for this would be unprofitable for you. (Heb. 13:7,17)

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to know.

1 Cor. 16:18• ¹⁸For they have refreshed my spirit and yours: own therefore such. (1 Cor. 16:18)

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Phil. 2:19• ¹⁹But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus to you shortly, that *I* also may be refreshed, knowing how ye get on. (Phil. 2:19)

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Heb. 13:7,17• ⁷Remember your leaders who have spoken to you the word of God; and considering the issue of their conversation, imitate their faith.
¹⁷Obey your leaders, and be submissive; for *they* watch over your souls as those that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not groaning, for this would be unprofitable for you. (Heb. 13:7,17)

labour.

1 Thess. 2:9• ⁹For ye remember, brethren, our labour and toil: working night and day, not to be chargeable to any one of you, we have preached to you the glad tidings of God. (1 Thess. 2:9)

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Matt. 9:37‑38• ³⁷Then saith he to his disciples, The harvest is great and the workmen are few;
³⁸supplicate therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth workmen unto his harvest. (Matt. 9:37‑38)

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Luke 10:1‑2,7• ¹Now after these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place where he himself was about to come.
²And he said to them, The harvest indeed is great, but the workmen few; supplicate therefore the Lord of the harvest that he may send out workmen into his harvest.
⁷And in the same house abide, eating and drinking such things as they have; for the workman is worthy of his hire. Remove not from house to house. (Luke 10:1‑2,7)

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John 4:38• ³⁸I have sent you to reap that on which ye have not laboured; others have laboured, and ye have entered into their labours. (John 4:38)

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Acts 20:35• ³⁵I have shewed you all things, that thus labouring we ought to come in aid of the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. (Acts 20:35)

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1 Cor. 3:9• ⁹For we are God's fellow-workmen; ye are God's husbandry, God's building. (1 Cor. 3:9)

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1 Cor. 15:10• ¹⁰But by God's grace I am what I am; and his grace, which was towards me, has not been vain; but I have laboured more abundantly than they all, but not *I*, but the grace of God which was with me. (1 Cor. 15:10)

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1 Cor. 16:16• ¹⁶that *ye* should also be subject to such, and to every one joined in the work and labouring. (1 Cor. 16:16)

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2 Cor. 5:9• ⁹Wherefore also we are zealous, whether present or absent, to be agreeable to him. (2 Cor. 5:9)

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2 Cor. 6:1• ¹But as fellow-workmen, we also beseech that ye receive not the grace of God in vain: (2 Cor. 6:1)

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2 Cor. 11:23• ²³Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as being beside myself) *I* above measure so; in labours exceedingly abundant, in stripes to excess, in prisons exceedingly abundant, in deaths oft. (2 Cor. 11:23)

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Gal. 4:11• ¹¹I am afraid of you, lest indeed I have laboured in vain as to you. (Gal. 4:11)

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Phil. 2:16• ¹⁶holding forth the word of life, so as to be a boast for me in Christ's day, that I have not run in vain nor laboured in vain. (Phil. 2:16)

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Col. 1:29• ²⁹Whereunto also I toil, combating according to his working, which works in me in power. (Col. 1:29)

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1 Tim. 5:17‑18• ¹⁷Let the elders who take the lead among the saints well be esteemed worthy of double honour, specially those labouring in word and teaching;
¹⁸for the scripture says, Thou shalt not muzzle an ox that treadeth out corn, and, The workman is worthy of his hire. (1 Tim. 5:17‑18)

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2 Tim. 2:6• ⁶The husbandman must labour before partaking of the fruits. (2 Tim. 2:6)

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Rev. 2:3• ³and endurest, and hast borne for my name's sake, and hast not wearied: (Rev. 2:3)

and are.

Acts 20:28• ²⁸Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, wherein the Holy Spirit has set you as overseers, to shepherd the assembly of God, which he has purchased with the blood of his own. (Acts 20:28)

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1 Cor. 12:28• ²⁸And God has set certain in the assembly: first, apostles; secondly, prophets; thirdly, teachers; then miraculous powers; then gifts of healings; helps; governments; kinds of tongues. (1 Cor. 12:28)

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Titus 1:5• ⁵For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou mightest go on to set right what remained unordered, and establish elders in each city, as *I* had ordered thee: (Titus 1:5)

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Heb. 13:7,17• ⁷Remember your leaders who have spoken to you the word of God; and considering the issue of their conversation, imitate their faith.
¹⁷Obey your leaders, and be submissive; for *they* watch over your souls as those that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not groaning, for this would be unprofitable for you. (Heb. 13:7,17)

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1 Peter 5:2‑3• ²shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising oversight, not by necessity, but willingly; not for base gain, but readily;
³not as lording it over your possessions, but being models for the flock. (1 Peter 5:2‑3)

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Rev. 1:20• ²⁰The mystery of the seven stars which thou hast seen on my right hand, and the seven golden lamps.--The seven stars are angels of the seven assemblies; and the seven lamps are seven assemblies. (Rev. 1:20)

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Rev. 2:1,8,12,18• ¹To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write: These things says he that holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lamps:
⁸And to the angel of the assembly in Smyrna write: These things says the first and the last, who became dead, and lived:
¹²And to the angel of the assembly in Pergamos write: These things says he that has the sharp two-edged sword:
¹⁸And to the angel of the assembly in Thyatira write: These things says the Son of God, he that has his eyes as a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass: (Rev. 2:1,8,12,18)

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Rev. 3:1,7,14• ¹And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write: These things saith he that has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
⁷And to the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: These things saith the holy, the true; he that has the key of David, he who opens and no one shall shut, and shuts and no one shall open:
¹⁴And to the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write: These things says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God: (Rev. 3:1,7,14)

and admonish.

1 Thess. 5:14• ¹⁴But we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the faint hearted, sustain the weak, be patient towards all. (1 Thess. 5:14)

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1 Tim. 5:1,20• ¹Rebuke not an elder sharply, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brethren,
²⁰Those that sin convict before all, that the rest also may have fear. (1 Tim. 5:1,20)

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Titus 1:3• ³but has manifested in its own due season his word, in the proclamation with which *I* have been entrusted, according to the commandment of our Saviour God; (Titus 1:3)

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Titus 2:15• ¹⁵These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise thee. (Titus 2:15)

• It is an oversight of the apostolic order as presented in the Scripture to take for granted that any were appointed in the Thessalonian assembly to the office of oversight during so brief a sojourn as the first visit, among converts, all of them as yet necessarily novices in the things of God. (“On 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28” by W. Kelly)

• Apostolic appointment they had not yet; and accordingly we hear of no such officers as bishops or deacons. But it is a mistake to infer from this that there were or could be none otherwise taking the lead; for Rom. 12 explicitly exhorts such persons to exercise their gifts, even if they had no outward appointment. (“On 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28” by W. Kelly)

• If the saints can know a brother to love him, so they can know those whom God uses for their blessing and guidance, and, if right themselves before Him, will respect them the more for not slurring over what is wrong, though a pain at the moment. (“On 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28” by W. Kelly)

• To the careful reader of Acts 13-14 no argument is needed to prove that it was on a second visit, unless the first were of long continuance, that the apostles appointed or chose for the disciples elders in every assembly. (“On 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28” by W. Kelly)

• If the saints can know a brother to love him, so they can know those whom God uses for their blessing and guidance, and, if right themselves before Him, will respect them the more for not slurring over what is wrong, though a pain at the moment. (“On 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But we beg you, brethren, to know those who labour among you, and take the lead among you in the Lord, and admonish you,

W. Kelly Translation

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Now we beseech you, brethren, to know those that labour among you and are over you in [the] Lord and admonish you,