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1 Thessalonians 5:14

James Moffatt - New Testament

We beseech you, brothers, keep a check upon loafers, encourage the faint-hearted, sustain weak souls, never lose your temper with anyone;

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I adjure you to preach the word; keep at it in season and out of season, refuting, checking, and exhorting men; never lose patience with them, and never give up your teaching,

Welcome a man of weak faith, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on his scruples.

I showed you how this was the way to work hard and succour the needy, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, who said, 'To give is happier than to get.'"

This is the Christ we proclaim; we train everyone and teach everyone the full scope of this knowledge, in order to set everyone before God mature in Christ;

Remember prisoners, as if you were in prison yourselves; remember those who are being ill-treated, since you too are in the body.

Shun that, O man of God, aim at integrity, piety, faith, love, stedfastness, and suavity;

with perfect modesty and gentleness, showing forbearance to one another patiently, zealous in love

I do not write this to make you feel ashamed, but to instruct you as beloved children of mine.

So be on the alert, remember how for three whole years I never ceased night and day to watch over each one of you with tears.

He will not break the bruised reed, he will not put out the smouldering flax, till he carries religion to victory:

So up with your listless hands! Strengthen your weak knees!

men who are above reproach, only once married, with children who believe and who are not liable to the charge of being profligate or insubordinate.

not a drunkard or violent, but lenient and conciliatory, not a lover of money,

be kind to each other, be tender-hearted, be generous to each other as God has been generous to you in Christ.

But the harvest of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, good temper, kindliness, generosity, fidelity,

Well then, my brothers, I appeal to you by all the mercy of God to dedicate your bodies as a living sacrifice, consecrated and acceptable to God; that is your cult, a spiritual rite.

I never shrank from letting you know the entire purpose of God.

but I have prayed that your own faith may not fail. And you in turn must be a strength to your brothers."

For there are plenty of insubordinate creatures who impose on people with their empty arguments, particularly those who have come over from Judaism;

But remember, it is not everyone who has this 'knowledge.' Some who have hitherto been accustomed to idols eat the food as food which has been really offered to an idol, and so their weaker conscience is contaminated.

You are not to treat him as an enemy, but to put him under discipline, as a brother.




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