Them that labour among you (τους κοπιωντας εν υμιν). Old word for toil even if weary.

And are over you in the Lord …

And we urge you, brothers, to know them who labor among you. Who they were is not mentioned. It is evident, however, that the church was n…

We now come to minor details of instruction, no doubt suggested by observation of manifest defects in the Thessalonian Church. These details show u…

Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also you do. And we beseech you, brethren, to know those who labour among…

No more effective way of carrying out mutual edification (v.11) can be found than Paul’s closing exhortations for improvement within the assembly (…

And we beseech you, brethren
Not in a natural or civil, but spiritual relation; and what follows relating to the min…

The ministers of the gospel are described by the work of their office, which is to serve and honor the Lord. It is their duty not only to give good…

In what he had written before, Paul corrected the The alonians in matters that needed improvement, and now he begins to instruct them about the fut…