Word
of God
Man
does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth from
the mouth of God
Matthew
4:4
The
First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians 5:14
Study
notes by John Gill
Edited/Prefaced
by Doktor Riktor Von Zhades
14
We desire you, brethren, admonish them that are out of order: comfort
the feebleminded: bear with the weak: be patient toward all men.
Brethren:
Closing
exhortations to those of which this epistle has been written.
Friends, we are to place ourselves under the authorities of those
that led the flocks. However, we are also to comfort each other, be
slow to wrath, quick to forgive. Let those that are unruly be spoken
to sternly, but in love. But most of all live in peace with all men.
- Dr. R.V.Z
“Warn
them that are unruly;
or
disorderly, idle persons, working not at all, busying themselves with
other men's matters, and living upon the church's stock, reprove them
for their sloth, exhort them to work with their own hands, to do
their own business, and with quietness eat their own bread; or such
who keep not their places in the church, but are like soldiers that
go out of their rank, desert their companies, and fly from their
colours, or stand aside, rebuke these, and exhort them to fill up
their places, to abide by the church, and the ordinances of Christ;
or such who are contentious and quarrelsome, turbulent, headstrong,
and unruly, that cause and foment animosities and divisions, check
them, admonish them, lay them under censure, for such a custom and
practice is not to be allowed of in the churches of Christ.
Comfort
the feebleminded:
Such
as are not able to bear the loss of near and dear relations; are
ready to stagger under the cross, and at the reproaches and
persecutions of the world; and are almost overset with the
temptations of Satan; and are borne down and discouraged with the
corruptions of their hearts, speak a comfortable word to them,
encourage them with the doctrines of grace, and the promises of the
Gospel.
Support
the weak;
Who
are weak in faith and knowledge, strengthen them, hold them up; or as
the Syriac version renders it, "take the burden of the weak"
and carry it, bear their infirmities, as directed in Romans 15:1
Be
patient towards all men;
Towards
the unruly, the feebleminded, and the weak as well as to believers;
give place to wrath, and leave vengeance to him to whom it belongs;
exercise longsuffering and forbearance with fellow creatures and
fellow Christian.” - John Gill
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