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1 Thessalonians 5:12

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Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to recognize the godly leaders who work hard among you, who care for you in the Lord and correct you.

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Have confidence in your leaders and put yourselves under their authority, because they’re keeping watch over you as people who will have to answer to God for everything they do. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden. It wouldn’t help you at all if you made their work more difficult.

Remember your leaders, who spoke God’s word to you. Think about the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.

They refreshed my spirit, and yours also. People like them are worthy of honor.

to follow the lead of people like them. Follow everyone who joins in the task and works hard at it.

But by the grace of God, I am what I am, and his grace wasn’t wasted on me. No, I worked harder than all the other apostles—though it wasn’t me doing the work. God’s grace was with me.

At just the right time, he has revealed this hope through the preaching that he has trusted me to do. God our Savior has commanded all these things.

And we urge you, brothers and sisters, to warn certain people who don’t want to work and who are being disruptive. Encourage those who have lost hope, help those who are weak, and be patient with everyone.

God has placed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, guiding, and speaking in different kinds of languages.

We’re working together to serve God. You’re like God’s field and God’s building.

In everything I did, I showed you that we must work hard and help the weak. We must remember the words of the Lord Jesus, who said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”

Keep watch over yourselves and all the believers that the Holy Spirit has made you leaders over. Be shepherds of God’s church, which he bought with his own blood.

Stay there and eat and drink whatever they give you, because workers are worthy of their pay. Don’t move around from house to house.

The seven stars you saw in my right hand have a hidden meaning, and so do the seven golden lampstands. The stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the lampstands you saw are the seven churches.

I left you on the island of Crete because I wanted you to take care of some unfinished business. I wanted you to appoint elders in every town, and I told you how to do that.

The farmer who works hard should be the first to receive a share of the crops.

I work hard for that with all the strength of Christ that works powerfully within me.

as you hold on to the word of life. Then I’ll be able to boast on the day when Christ returns that I didn’t run or work for nothing.

I’m afraid for you. I’m concerned that somehow I’ve wasted my efforts on you.

Are they serving Christ? I’m serving him even more. (I’m out of my mind to talk like this!) I’ve worked much harder. I’ve been in prison more often. I’ve suffered terrible beatings. Again and again I’ve almost died.

As people who work together with God, we ask you not to receive God’s grace and then do nothing with it.

So we try our best to make sure that he’ll be pleased with us, whether we’re at home in our bodies or away from them.

“Write this to the angel of the church in Laodicea: The Amen speaks these words. He is the faithful and true witness, the ruler over God’s creation.

“Write this to the angel of the church in Philadelphia: These are the words of the one who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. No one can shut what he opens, and no one can open what he shuts.

“Write this to the angel of the church in Sardis: These are the words of the one who holds the seven spirits of God and has the seven stars in his hand. ‘I know what you’ve been doing. You have a reputation for being alive, but you’re dead.

“Write this to the angel of the church in Thyatira: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like polished bronze.

“Write this to the angel of the church in Pergamum: These are the words of the one who has the sharp sword that has two edges.

“Write this to the angel of the church in Smyrna: These are the words of the one who’s the First and the Last, who died and came to life again.

You’ve been faithful and you’ve endured a lot of trouble because of me. You haven’t given up.

Brothers and sisters, I’m sure you remember how hard we worked. We labored night and day while we preached God’s good news to you so that we wouldn’t cause you any expense.

I’m sending you to gather what you haven’t worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you’re going to gather the benefits of their work.”

These are the things you should teach. Encourage and correct people with full authority. Don’t let anyone despise you.

But elders who are sinning should be corrected in front of everyone else, as a warning to the others.

If you need to correct an older man, do it respectfully. Appeal to him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as if they were your brothers,

I hope to send Timothy to you soon, if the Lord Jesus allows it. That way I’ll be encouraged when I receive news about you.

Greet Mary, who worked very hard for you.

Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, those women who work hard for the Lord. Greet my dear friend Persis, another woman who has worked very hard for the Lord.

Now I want to talk about some other matters, brothers and sisters. We taught you how to live in a way that pleases God, and that’s how you’re living. But in the name of the Lord Jesus, we ask you and urge you to do that more and more.




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