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1 Thessalonians 5:14 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men. "
1 Thessalonians 5:14
Verse in Context
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And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.
Rejoice evermore.
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1 Thessalonians 5:1
"But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you."
1 Thessalonians 5:2
"For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night."
1 Thessalonians 5:3
"For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall ➔ not escape."
1 Thessalonians 5:4
"But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief."
1 Thessalonians 5:5
"Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness."
1 Thessalonians 5:6
"Therefore let us ➔ not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober."
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