14Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us. …
For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. …
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-15)In these words the apostle exhorts the Thessalonians to several duties. I. Towards those who were nearly related one to another. Such should comfort themselves, or exhort one another, and edify one another, 1 Thess. 5:11. 1. They must comfort or exhort themselves and one another; for the original word may be rendered both these ways. And we may observe, As those are most able and likely to comfort…
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