1 Thessalonians 5:11-25
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11 Therefore encourage (admonish, exhort) one another and edify
(strengthen and build up) one another, just as you are doing.
12 Now also we beseech you, brethren, get to know those who labor
among you [recognize them for what they are, acknowledge and
appreciate and respect them all]—your leaders who are over you in the
Lord and those who warn and kindly reprove and exhort you.
13 And hold them in very high and most affectionate esteem in
[intelligent and sympathetic] appreciation of their work. Be at peace
among yourselves.
14 And we earnestly beseech you, brethren, admonish (warn and
seriously advise) those who are out of line [the loafers, the disorderly,
and the unruly]; encourage the timid and fainthearted, help and give
your support to the weak souls, [and] be very patient with everybody
[always keeping your temper].
15 See that none of you repays another with evil for evil, but always aim
to show kindness and seek to do good to one another and to
everybody.
16 Be happy [in your faith] and rejoice and be glad-hearted continually
(always);
17 Be unceasing in prayer [praying perseveringly];
18 Thank [God] in everything [no matter what the circumstances may
be, be thankful and give thanks], for this is the will of God for you [who
are] in Christ Jesus [the Revealer and Mediator of that will].
19 Do not quench (suppress or subdue) the [Holy] Spirit;
20 Do not spurn the gifts and utterances of the prophets [do not
depreciate prophetic revelations nor despise inspired instruction or
exhortation or warning].
21 But test and prove all things [until you can recognize] what is good;
[to that] hold fast.
22 Abstain from evil [shrink from it and keep aloof from it] in whatever
form or whatever kind it may be.
23 And may the God of peace Himself sanctify you through and through
[separate you from profane things, make you pure and wholly
consecrated to God]; and may your spirit and soul and body be
preserved sound and complete [and found] blameless at the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah).
24 Faithful is He Who is calling you [to Himself] and utterly trustworthy,
and He will also do it [fulfill His call by hallowing and keeping you].
25 Brethren, pray for us.
(strengthen and build up) one another, just as you are doing.
12 Now also we beseech you, brethren, get to know those who labor
among you [recognize them for what they are, acknowledge and
appreciate and respect them all]—your leaders who are over you in the
Lord and those who warn and kindly reprove and exhort you.
13 And hold them in very high and most affectionate esteem in
[intelligent and sympathetic] appreciation of their work. Be at peace
among yourselves.
14 And we earnestly beseech you, brethren, admonish (warn and
seriously advise) those who are out of line [the loafers, the disorderly,
and the unruly]; encourage the timid and fainthearted, help and give
your support to the weak souls, [and] be very patient with everybody
[always keeping your temper].
15 See that none of you repays another with evil for evil, but always aim
to show kindness and seek to do good to one another and to
everybody.
16 Be happy [in your faith] and rejoice and be glad-hearted continually
(always);
17 Be unceasing in prayer [praying perseveringly];
18 Thank [God] in everything [no matter what the circumstances may
be, be thankful and give thanks], for this is the will of God for you [who
are] in Christ Jesus [the Revealer and Mediator of that will].
19 Do not quench (suppress or subdue) the [Holy] Spirit;
20 Do not spurn the gifts and utterances of the prophets [do not
depreciate prophetic revelations nor despise inspired instruction or
exhortation or warning].
21 But test and prove all things [until you can recognize] what is good;
[to that] hold fast.
22 Abstain from evil [shrink from it and keep aloof from it] in whatever
form or whatever kind it may be.
23 And may the God of peace Himself sanctify you through and through
[separate you from profane things, make you pure and wholly
consecrated to God]; and may your spirit and soul and body be
preserved sound and complete [and found] blameless at the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah).
24 Faithful is He Who is calling you [to Himself] and utterly trustworthy,
and He will also do it [fulfill His call by hallowing and keeping you].
25 Brethren, pray for us.