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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; and to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. You see, in the church of old they edified one another, but for all that they did not cast off God’s ordinance of Christian ministry. There was rule in the church then as...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And to esteem them very highly,.... Or, as the Ethiopic version renders it, "honour them abundantly"; for such are worthy of double honour, and to be had in reputation; they should be honourably thought of, and be high in the affections of the saints, who should esteem them better than themselves, or others in the community; and should be spoke...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And be at peace among yourselves. There is an end to church prosperity when there is an end of peace.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And be at peace among yourselves. How can a church prosper if it is not?
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Now we exhort you, brethren,.... This is said either to the ministers of the word that laboured among them, presided over them, and admonished them; and the rather, because some of these things here directed to are pressed upon the members of the church in 1 Thessalonians 5:11 and which otherwise must make a repetition here; or to the members in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, There are some that never will be ruled; their very idea of being a Christian is that they shall do just as they like. It is a somewhat happy circumstance that there are sects where they can do so. There are formed now-a-days these little knots of people who will have no rule and church...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men. See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men. Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feeble minded, support the weak, be patient toward all men. See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men. Rejoice evermore. Here follows a string of Christian precepts a golden chain. “Rejoice evermore.”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
See that none render evil for evil unto any man,.... Not an ill word for an ill word, railing for railing, nor an ill action for an ill action; no, not to any man whatever, not to an enemy, a persecutor, a profane person, as well as not to a brother, a believer in Christ; and this the saints should not only be careful of, and guard against in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
See that none render evil for evil unto any man; Not in any case. The world advises you to pay a man in his own coin, but if he pays you bad coin, he is wrong, and if you pay him bad coin there will be two wrongs. Do not do so.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men. Rejoice evermore. You have always something to rejoice in; make the world ring with Christian music.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Rejoice evermore. Not in a carnal, but in a spiritual way, with joy in the Holy Ghost; and which arises from a view of pardon by the blood of Christ, of justification by his righteousness, and atonement by his sacrifice; not in themselves, as the wicked man rejoices in his wickedness, and the hypocrite and formalist in his profession of religion,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Pray without ceasing. Not that saints should be always on their knees, or ever lifting up their hands, and vocally calling upon God; this is not required of them, and would clash with, and break in upon other parts of religious worship, and the duties of civil life, which are to be attended to, as well as this, and besides would be impracticable;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Pray without ceasing. Praise and prayer are fit companions. You will soon leave off rejoicing if you leave off praying. By ejaculations, keep up your prayers while at your books. You will not disturb your avocations by continuing still in supplication and prayer. That provender hinders no man’s journey.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. Quench not the Spirit. Do not despise his operations, either in yourselves or in your brethren. Do not quench him by neglect, much less by open opposition.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
In everything give thanks,.... That is, to God the Father, in the name of Christ; see Ephesians 5:20 thanks are to be given to him for all things, as the Ethiopic version renders it; for all temporal good things; for our beings, the preservation of them; for food and raiment, and all the mercies of life; for the means of grace, the word and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In every thing give thanks: Try to do so for everything, and if you cannot do it, in everything give thanks for something else — when you are in circumstances which do not excite your thankfulness just then. 1Th_5:18. For this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. God wills it. This moved the Crusaders to the war. Let this suffice to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Quench not the spirit. By which is meant, not the person of the Spirit, but either the graces of the spirit, which may be compared to light, and fire, and heat, to which the allusion is in the text; such as faith, which is a light in the soul, a seeing of the Son, and an evidence of things not seen; and love, which gives a vehement flame, which...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Quench not the spirit. Do not hinder his movements in yourself; do not try to hinder them in others. If any man hath a gift which he might use to edification, do not discourage him, but rather encourage him to get more grace. God may find him opportunities of making use of it. Quench not the Spirit.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Despise not prophesyings. Or "prophecies"; the prophecies of the Old Testament concerning the first coming of Christ, concerning his person, office, and work, his obedience, sufferings, and death, his resurrection from the dead, ascension and session at God's right hand; for though all these are fulfilled, yet they have still their usefulness; for...