Study 7 1 Thessalonians 5:

Final Instructions and Benediction

1 Thessalonians 5:12–21 ESV

We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all. See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone. Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies, but test everything; hold fast what is good.

4:1, we ask and urge

5:12, We ask,

To respect—to honor, acknowledge the high status of a person, those who labor among you, respect a fellow worker, but one who is over you, in the Lord?

In the Lord