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1 Thess. 5:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Now we λexhort you, brethren, warn them that are μunrulyv, comfort the feebleminded, support the weakw, be patientx toward all men.

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or, beseech.

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Heb. 12:12• ¹²Wherefore lift up the exhausted hands and the enfeebled knees, (Heb. 12:12)

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or, disorderly.

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Rom. 15:1• ¹But we, the strong, ought to bear the infirmities of the weak and not to please ourselves. (Rom. 15:1)

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Eph. 4:2• ²with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love, (Eph. 4:2)

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exhort.

or, beseech.

Rom. 12:1• ¹I exhort you then, brethren, by the mercies of God to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, your intelligent service; (Rom. 12:1)

you.

1 Thess. 5:12• ¹²Now we beseech you, brethren, to know those that labour among you and are over you in [the] Lord and admonish you, (1 Thess. 5:12)

warn.

Jer. 6:12• ¹²And their houses shall be turned unto others, their fields and wives together; for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 6:12)

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Ezek. 3:17‑21• ¹⁷Son of man, I have appointed thee a watchman unto the house of Israel, and thou shalt hear the word from my mouth, and give them warning from me.
¹⁸When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt certainly die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, that he may live: the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thy hand.
¹⁹But if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
²⁰And when a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and do what is wrong, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die; because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous acts which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thy hand.
²¹And if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall certainly live, for he hath taken warning; and thou hast delivered thy soul. (Ezek. 3:17‑21)

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Ezek. 33:3‑9• ³If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet and warn the people:
⁴Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet and taketh not warning, if the sword come and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.
⁵He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.
⁶But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
⁷So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
⁸When I say unto the wicked, Ο wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
⁹Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. (Ezek. 33:3‑9)

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Acts 20:27,31• ²⁷For I shrank not from announcing to you all the counsel of God.
³¹Wherefore watch, remembering that by the space of three years I ceased not admonishing each one night and day with tears. (Acts 20:27,31)

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1 Cor. 4:14• ¹⁴Not to abash you do I write these things, but as my beloved children I admonish [you]; (1 Cor. 4:14)

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Col. 1:28• ²⁸whom we preach, admonishing every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ, (Col. 1:28)

that.

Titus 1:6,10• ⁶If anyone is blameless, husband of one wife, having children faithful, not under charge of profligacy, or unruly.
¹⁰For there are many unruly ones, vain speakers and deceivers, specially those of [the] circumcision, (Titus 1:6,10)

unruly.

or, disorderly.

2 Thess. 3:11‑13• ¹¹For we hear of some walking among you disorderly, doing no business, but busybodies.
¹²Now those that are such we charge and exhort in [the] Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work and eat their own bread.
¹³But ye, brethren, faint not in well-doing. (2 Thess. 3:11‑13)

comfort.

1 Thess. 2:7‑12• ⁷But we were gentle in the midst of you, as when a nurse cherisheth her own children;
⁸so yearning over you, we were well pleased to impart unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls because ye became beloved by us.
⁹For ye remember, brethren, our labour and our toil; working night and day that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
¹⁰Ye [are] witnesses, and God, how holily and righteously and blamelessly we behaved ourselves to you that believe;
¹¹just as ye know how each one of you as a father his own children, we [were] exhorting you, and comforting, and testifying
¹²that ye should walk worthily of God that calleth you unto his own kingdom and glory. (1 Thess. 2:7‑12)

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Isa. 35:3‑4• ³Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the tottering knees.
⁴Say to them [that are] of a fearful (hasty) heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God! vengeance will come, of God the recompense! He will come himself and save you. (Isa. 35:3‑4)

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Isa. 40:1‑2,11• ¹Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
²Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her time of toil is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned; that she hath received of Jehovah's hand double for all her sins.
¹¹He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs with his arm, and carry [them] in his bosom; he will gently lead those that give suck. (Isa. 40:1‑2,11)

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Ezek. 34:16• ¹⁶I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment. (Ezek. 34:16)

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Matt. 12:20• ²⁰a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, until he bring forth judgment unto victory; (Matt. 12:20)

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Luke 22:32• ³²but I have besought for thee that thy faith fail not, and thou, when once turned back establish thy brethren. (Luke 22:32)

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John 21:15‑17• ¹⁵When therefore they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon [son] of Jonah, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I dearly love thee. He saith to him, Feed my lambs.
¹⁶He saith to him again a second time, Simon [son] of Jonah, lovest thou me? He saith to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I dearly love thee. He saith to him, Tend my sheep.
¹⁷He saith to him the third time, Simon [son] of Jonah, dost thou dearly love me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Dost thou dearly love me? and he said to him, Lord, thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I dearly love thee. Jesus saith to him, Feed my sheep. (John 21:15‑17)

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Rom. 14:1• ¹But him that is weak in the faith receive not unto decisions of reasonings. (Rom. 14:1)

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Rom. 15:1‑3• ¹But we, the strong, ought to bear the infirmities of the weak and not to please ourselves.
²Let each of us please his neighbour unto good for edification.
³For even Christ pleased not himself, but even as it is written, “The reproaches of those that are reproaching thee fell on me.” (Rom. 15:1‑3)

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Gal. 6:1‑2• ¹Brethren, if a man be even taken in some offence, do ye, the spiritual ones, restore such an one in a spirit of meekness, looking to thyself lest thou also be tempted.
²Bear one another's burdens, and so completely fulfil the law of Christ. (Gal. 6:1‑2)

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Heb. 12:12• ¹²Wherefore lift up the exhausted hands and the enfeebled knees, (Heb. 12:12)

support.

Acts 20:35• ³⁵In all things I gave you an example how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. (Acts 20:35)

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Acts 20• (Acts 20)

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Isa. 63:9• ⁹In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the Angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them and carried them all the days of old. (Isa. 63:9)

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1 Cor. 13:4‑5• ⁴Love is long-suffering, is kind; love is not emulous, is not vain-glorious, is not puffed up,
⁵doth not behave unseemly, seeketh not its own things, is not easily provoked, reckoneth not the evil, (1 Cor. 13:4‑5)

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Gal. 5:22• ²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faith, meekness, self-control: (Gal. 5:22)

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Eph. 4:2,32• ²with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,
³²and be to one another kind, compassionate, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ hath forgiven you. (Eph. 4:2,32)

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Eph. 5:1‑2• ¹Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children, and walk in love,
²even as the Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God for an odour of sweet smell. (Eph. 5:1‑2)

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Col. 3:12‑13• ¹²Put on therefore, as elect of God, holy [and] beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, long-suffering;
¹³forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any should have a complaint against any; even as also the Lord forgave you, so also [do] ye; (Col. 3:12‑13)

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1 Tim. 3:3• ³not given to wine, no striker, but gentle, not contentious, not fond of money, (1 Tim. 3:3)

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1 Tim. 6:11• ¹¹But thou, O man of God, flee these things, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, meekness of spirit. (1 Tim. 6:11)

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2 Tim. 2:24‑25• ²⁴And a bondman of [the] Lord must not contend, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing,
²⁵in meekness instructing those that oppose, if haply God may give them repentance unto acknowledgment of truth, (2 Tim. 2:24‑25)

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2 Tim. 4:2• ²preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; convict, rebuke, encourage with all long-suffering and doctrine. (2 Tim. 4:2)

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Heb. 5:2‑3• ²being able to forbear with the ignorant and erring, since himself also is compassed with infirmity;
³and on account of this he ought, even as for the people, so also for himself to offer for sins. (Heb. 5:2‑3)

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Heb. 13:3• ³Remember prisoners as bound with [them]; the ill-treated, as being yourselves also in a body. (Heb. 13:3)

• Love alone can thus work, looking at the saints as they are in God's sight, and grieved at the havoc Satan would make in that holy garden of the Lord, for whose will and glory it is jealous. (“On 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28” by W. Kelly)

• Now this renunciation of self-will, and this practical sense of the operation and presence of God, gives power to warn the unruly. (“1 Thessalonians 5” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the faint hearted, sustain the weak, be patient towards all.

W. Kelly Translation

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And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the faint-hearted, support the weak, be long-suffering toward all.