Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
What does 1 Thessalonians 5:11 mean?
Most of mankind do not consider the things of another world at all, because they are asleep; or they do not consider them aright, because they sleep and dream.
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Commentary on 1 Thessalonians 5:11
Wherefore comfort yourselves - notes, 1 Thessalonians 4:18 . And edify one another - Strive to build up each other, or to establish each other in the faith by these truths; notes, Romans 14:19 . Even as also ye do - Continue to do it. Let nothing intervene to disturb the harmony and consolation which you have been accustomed to derive from these high and holy doctrines.
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1 Thessalonians 5 belongs to the closing movement of the book, especially the section often described as final exhortations. First Thessalonians encourages a young church in faithfulness, brotherly love, sanctification, and hopeful expectation of Christ’s return. Read this chapter with the wider themes of hope, holiness, and mission in view so the individual verses keep their proper weight.
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