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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 the which spoke to you the word of God; and considering the issue of their conduct 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 [were] unprofitable for you. (Heb. 13:7,17)

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to know.

1 Cor. 16:18• ¹⁸for they refreshed my spirit and yours: own then those that are such. (1 Cor. 16:18)

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Phil. 2:19• ¹⁹But I hope in [the] Lord Jesus soon to send Timothy to you, that I also may be cheered knowing about you. (Phil. 2:19)

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Heb. 13:7,17• ⁷Remember your leaders the which spoke to you the word of God; and considering the issue of their conduct 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 [were] unprofitable for you. (Heb. 13:7,17)

labour.

1 Thess. 2:9• ⁹For ye remember, brethren, our labour and our toil; working night and day that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God. (1 Thess. 2:9)

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

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Luke 10:1‑2,7• ¹{i}Now{/i} 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.
²{i}And he said to them,{/i} The harvest indeed [is] great, but the workmen few, supplicate therefore the Lord of the harvest {i}that he may send out workmen into his harvest.{/i}
⁷And in the same house abide, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. {i}Remove not from house to house.{/i} (Luke 10:1‑2,7)

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

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Acts 20:35• ³⁵In all things I gave you an example how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how 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 tillage, 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 that [was] towards me became not empty, but I laboured more abundantly than they all, yet not I but the grace of God that [was] with me. (1 Cor. 15:10)

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1 Cor. 16:16• ¹⁶that ye also be subject to such, and to everyone that co-operateth and laboureth. (1 Cor. 16:16)

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

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2 Cor. 6:1• ¹And working together we also beseech that ye receive not in vain the grace of God (2 Cor. 6:1)

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2 Cor. 11:23• ²³Are they ministers of Christ? (Beside myself I speak) I above measure; in labours very abundantly, in prisons very abundantly, in stripes exceedingly, in deaths often. (2 Cor. 11:23)

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

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Phil. 2:16• ¹⁶holding forth [the] word of life, for a boast to me in Christ's day, that not in vain I ran nor in vain laboured. (Phil. 2:16)

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Col. 1:29• ²⁹whereunto also I toil in conflict according to his working that worketh in me in power. (Col. 1:29)

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1 Tim. 5:17‑18• ¹⁷Let the elders that preside well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they that labour in word and teaching.
¹⁸For the scripture saith, An ox when treading out corn thou shalt not muzzle, and Worthy [is] the workman of his hire. (1 Tim. 5:17‑18)

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2 Tim. 2:6• ⁶The labouring husbandman must first partake of the fruits. (2 Tim. 2:6)

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

and are.

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

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1 Cor. 12:28• ²⁸And God set some in the assembly, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then 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 shouldest order further the things wanting, and appoint elders city by city, as I directed thee. (Titus 1:5)

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Heb. 13:7,17• ⁷Remember your leaders the which spoke to you the word of God; and considering the issue of their conduct 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 [were] unprofitable for you. (Heb. 13:7,17)

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1 Peter 5:2‑3• ²Tend the flock of God that [is] among you, exercising oversight, not by necessity but willingly, not for base gain, but readily,
³nor as lording it over your allotments, but becoming models of the flock. (1 Peter 5:2‑3)

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Rev. 1:20• ²⁰the mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest on my right hand, and the seven golden lamp-stands; the seven stars are angels of the seven churches, and the seven lamp-stands are seven churches. (Rev. 1:20)

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Rev. 2:1,8,12,18• ¹To the angel of the church that is in Ephesus write, These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, that walketh in the midst of the seven golden lamp-stands:
⁸And to the angel of the church that is in Smyrna write, These things saith the first and the last, who was dead and lived:
¹²And to the angel of the church that is in Pergamos write, These things saith he that hath the sharp two-edged sword:
¹⁸And to the angel of the church that is in Thyatira write, These things saith the Son of God, that hath his eyes as a flame of fire, and his feet {i}are{/i} like fine brass: (Rev. 2:1,8,12,18)

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Rev. 3:1,7,14• ¹And to the angel of the church that is in Sardis write, These things saith he that hath 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 church that is in Philadelphia write, These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth and no one shall shut, and that shutteth and no one shall open:
¹⁴And to the angel of the church that is in Laodicea write, These things saith 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• ¹⁴And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the faint-hearted, support the weak, be long-suffering toward all. (1 Thess. 5:14)

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

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Titus 1:3• ³but manifested in its own seasons his word in a preaching, with which I was entrusted, according to command of our Saviour God; (Titus 1:3)

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Titus 2:15• ¹⁵These things speak, and exhort, and reprove, with all authority. Let no man 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,