Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Thessalonians 5:14

14. brethren —This exhortation to "warm ( Greek, 'admonish,' as in :- ) the unruly (those 'disorderly' persons, 2 Thessalonians 3:6 ; 2 Thessalonians 3:11 , who would not work, and yet expected to be maintained, literally, said of soldiers who will not remain in their ranks, compare 2 Thessalonians 3:11- : ; also those insubordinate as to Church discipline, in relation to those 'over' the Church, 2 Thessalonians 3:11- : ), comfort the feeble-minded (the faint-hearted, who are ready to sink 'without hope' in afflictions, 2 Thessalonians 3:11- : , and temptations)," applies to all clergy and laity alike, though primarily the duty of the clergy (who are meant in 2 Thessalonians 3:11- : )." support —literally, "lay fast hold on so as to support." the weak —spiritually. Paul practiced what he preached ( 2 Thessalonians 3:11- : ). be patient toward all men —There is no believer who needs not the exercise of patience "toward" him; there is none to whom a believer ought not to show it; many show it more to strangers than to their own families, more to the great than to the humble; but we ought to show it "toward all men " [BENGEL]. Compare "the long-suffering of our Lord" ( 2 Corinthians 10:1 ; 2 Peter 3:15 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-15" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-1th-5-002

절 (explains)

bible-text/1th-5-14

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological