1 Thessalonians 5:14
Good News Translation
We urge you, our friends, to warn the idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone.

New Revised Standard Version
And we urge you, beloved, to admonish the idlers, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with all of them.

Contemporary English Version
My friends, we beg you to warn anyone who isn't living right. Encourage anyone who feels left out, help all who are weak, and be patient with everyone.

New American Bible
We urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, cheer the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient with all.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And we beseech you, brethren, rebuke the unquiet: comfort the feeble minded: support the weak: be patient towards all men.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And we beseech you, brethren, rebuke the unquiet: comfort the feeble minded: support the weak: be patient towards all men.

exhort.

Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercy of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing unto God, your reasonable service.

you.

1 Thessalonians 5:12 And we beseech you, brethren, to know them who labour among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you;

warn.

Jeremiah 6:12 And their houses shall be turned over to others, with their lands and their wives together: for I will stretch forth my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord.

Ezekiel 3:17-21 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman to the house of Israel: and thou shalt hear the word out of my mouth, and shalt tell it them from me. . . .

Ezekiel 33:3-9 And he sees the sword coming upon the land, and sound the trumpet, and tell the people: . . .

Acts 20:27,31 For I have not spread to declare unto you all, the counsel of God. . . .

1 Corinthians 4:14 I write not these things to confound you: but I admonish you as my dearest children.

Colossians 1:28 Whom we preach, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.

that.

Titus 1:6,10 If any be without crime, the husband of one wife. having faithful children, not accused of riot or unruly. . . .

unruly.

2 Thessalonians 3:11-13 For we have heard there are some among you who walk disorderly: working not at all, but curiously meddling. . . .

comfort.

1 Thessalonians 2:7-12 Whereas we might have been burdensome to you, as the apostles of Christ: but we became little ones in the midst of you, as if a nurse should cherish her children: . . .

Isaiah 35:3,4 Strengthen ye the feeble hands, and confirm the weak knees. . . .

Isaiah 40:1,2,11 Be comforted, be comforted, my people, saith your God. . . .

Ezekiel 34:16 I will seek that which was lost: and that which was driven away, I will bring again: and I will bind up that which was broken, and I will strengthen that which was weak, and that which was fat and strong I will preserve, and I will feed them in judgment.

Matthew 12:20 The bruised reed he shall not break: and smoking flax he shall not extinguish: till he send forth judgment unto victory.

Luke 22:32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and thou, being once converted, confirm thy brethren.

John 21:15-17 When therefore they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter: Simon, son of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him: Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He saith to him: Feed my lambs. . . .

Romans 14:1 Now him that is weak in faith, take unto you: not in disputes about thoughts.

Romans 15:1-3 Now, we that are stronger ought to bear the infirmities of the weak and not to please ourselves. . . .

Galatians 6:1,2 Brethren, and if a man be overtaken in any fault, you, who are spiritual, instruct such a one in the spirit of meekness, considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. . . .

Hebrews 12:12 Wherefore, lift up the hands which hang down and the feeble knees:

support.

Acts 20:35 I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring you ought to support the weak and to remember the word of the Lord Jesus, how he said: It is a more blessed thing to give, rather than to receive.

*Gr:

be.

Isaiah 63:9 In all their affliction he was not troubled, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love, and in his mercy he redeemed them, and he carried them and lifted them up all the days of old.

1 Corinthians 13:4,5 Charity is patient, is kind: charity envieth not, dealeth not perversely, is not puffed up, . . .

Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is, charity, joy, peace, patience, benignity, goodness, longanimity,

Ephesians 4:2,32 With all humility and mildness, with patience, supporting one another in charity. . . .

Ephesians 5:1,2 Be ye therefore followers of God, as most dear children: . . .

Colossians 3:12,13 Put ye on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, the bowels of mercy, benignity, humility, modesty, patience: . . .

1 Timothy 3:3 Not given to wine, no striker, but modest, not quarrelsome, not covetous, but

1 Timothy 6:11 But thou, O man of God, fly these things: and pursue justice, godliness, faith, charity, patience, mildness.

2 Timothy 2:24,25 But the servant of the Lord must not wrangle: but be mild toward all men, apt to teach, patient, . . .

2 Timothy 4:2 Preach the word: be instant in season, out of season: reprove, entreat, rebuke in all patience and doctrine.

Hebrews 5:2,3 Who can have compassion on them that are ignorant and that err: because he himself also is compassed with infirmity. . . .

Hebrews 13:3 Remember them that are in bands, as if you were bound with them: and them that labour, as being yourselves also in the body.

Context
Christian Living
13That you esteem them more abundantly in charity, for their work's sake. Have peace with them. 14And we beseech you, brethren, rebuke the unquiet: comfort the feeble minded: support the weak: be patient towards all men. 15See that none render evil for evil to any man: but ever follow that which is good towards each other and towards all men.…
Cross References
Isaiah 35:4
Say to the fainthearted: Take courage, and fear not: behold your God will bring the revenge of recompense: God himself will come and will save you.

Romans 14:1
Now him that is weak in faith, take unto you: not in disputes about thoughts.

Romans 15:1
Now, we that are stronger ought to bear the infirmities of the weak and not to please ourselves.

1 Corinthians 8:7
But there is not knowledge in every one. For some until this present, with conscience of the idol, eat as a thing sacrificed to an idol: and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

1 Corinthians 13:4
Charity is patient, is kind: charity envieth not, dealeth not perversely, is not puffed up,

1 Thessalonians 2:11
As you know in what manner, entreating and comforting you (as a father doth his children),

2 Thessalonians 3:6
And we charge you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother walking disorderly and not according to the tradition which they have received of us.

2 Thessalonians 3:7
For yourselves know how you ought to imitate us. For we were not disorderly among you.

2 Thessalonians 3:15
Yet do not esteem him as an enemy but admonish him as a brother.

1 Thessalonians 5:13
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