12Now we ask you, brothers, to respect those who work hard among you, who are over you in the Lord and who admonish you.


In Context

9 For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

10 He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him.

11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.

12 Now we ask you, brothers, to respect those who work hard among you, who are over you in the Lord and who admonish you.

13 Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other.

14 And we urge you, brothers, warn those who are idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone.

1st Thessalonians 5:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:12And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:12And we beseech you, brothers, to know them which labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:12And we beseech you, brethren, to know them who labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:12But we beseech you, brethren, to know them that labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:12But we beg you, brethren, to know those who labour among you, and take the lead among you in the Lord, and admonish you,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:12But we beseech you, brethren, to know them that labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:12And we beseech you, brethren, to know them who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:12But we beg you, brothers, to know those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:12And we ask you, brethren, to know those labouring among you, and leading you in the Lord, and admonishing you,