11 [a]Wherefore exhort one another, and edify one another, even as ye do.

12 [b]Now we beseech you brethren, that ye [c]acknowledge them which labor among you, and are over you in the [d]Lord, and admonish you.

13 That ye have them in singular love for [e]their work’s sake. [f]Be at peace among yourselves.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 We must not only watch ourselves, but we are also bound to stir up and to confirm one another.
  2. 1 Thessalonians 5:12 We must have great consideration of them which are appointed to the ministry of the word, and government of the Church by God, and do their duty.
  3. 1 Thessalonians 5:12 That you acknowledge and take them for such as they are, that is to say, men worthy to be greatly accounted of among you.
  4. 1 Thessalonians 5:12 In those things which pertain to God’s service: so is the Ecclesiastical function distinguished from civil authority, and true shepherds from wolves.
  5. 1 Thessalonians 5:13 So then, where this cause ceaseth, there must the honor cease.
  6. 1 Thessalonians 5:13 This maintenance of mutual concord, is especially to be looked unto.

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