11As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
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I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. …
And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.
I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.
Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-12)In these words the apostle reminds the Thessalonians of the manner of his conversation among them. And, I. He mentions the gentleness of their behaviour: We were gentle among you , 1 Thess. 2:7. He showed great mildness and tenderness who might have acted with the authority of an apostle of Christ. Such behaviour greatly recommends religion, and is most agreeable to God’s gracious dealing with sin…
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