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1Th 5:12 — And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

to know		1Cr 16:18; Phl 2:19; Hbr 13:7,17
labour		1Th 2:9; Mat 9:37,38; Luk 10:1,2,7; Jhn 4:38; Act 20:35; 1Cr 3:9; 1Cr 15:10; 1Cr 16:16; 2Cr 5:9; 2Cr 6:1; 2Cr 11:23; Gal 4:11; Phl 2:16; Col 1:29; 1Ti 5:17,18; 2Ti 2:6; Rev 2:3
and are		Act 20:28; 1Cr 12:28; Tts 1:5; Hbr 13:7,17; 1Pe 5:2,3; Rev 1:20; Rev 2:1,8,12,18; Rev 3:1,7,14
and admonish		1Th 5:14; 1Ti 5:1,20; Tts 1:3; Tts 2:15

Correlating Passages

to know

	1Cr 16:18	For they have refreshed my spirit and yours: therefore acknowledge ye them that are such.
	Phl 2:19	But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.
	Hbr 13:7	Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of [their] conversation.
	Hbr 13:17	Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that [is] unprofitable for you.

labour

	1Th 2:9	For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
	Mat 9:37	Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly [is] plenteous, but the labourers [are] few;
	Mat 9:38	Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
	Luk 10:1	After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.
	Luk 10:2	Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly [is] great, but the labourers [are] few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
	Luk 10:7	And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
	Jhn 4:38	I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
	Act 20:35	I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
	1Cr 3:9	For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, [ye are] God's building.
	1Cr 15:10	But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which [was bestowed] upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
	1Cr 16:16	That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with [us], and laboureth.
	2Cr 5:9	Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
	2Cr 6:1	We then, [as] workers together [with him], beseech [you] also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
	2Cr 11:23	Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I [am] more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
	Gal 4:11	I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
	Phl 2:16	Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
	Col 1:29	Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
	1Ti 5:17	Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
	1Ti 5:18	For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer [is] worthy of his reward.
	2Ti 2:6	The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
	Rev 2:3	And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.

and are

	Act 20:28	Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
	1Cr 12:28	And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
	Tts 1:5	For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:
	Hbr 13:7	Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of [their] conversation.
	Hbr 13:17	Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that [is] unprofitable for you.
	1Pe 5:2	Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight [thereof], not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
	1Pe 5:3	Neither as being lords over [God's] heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
	Rev 1:20	The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
	Rev 2:1	Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
	Rev 2:8	And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
	Rev 2:12	And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
	Rev 2:18	And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet [are] like fine brass;
	Rev 3:1	And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
	Rev 3:7	And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
	Rev 3:14	And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;

and admonish

	1Th 5:14	Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all [men].
	1Ti 5:1	Rebuke not an elder, but intreat [him] as a father; [and] the younger men as brethren;
	1Ti 5:20	Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
	Tts 1:3	But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
	Tts 2:15	These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Thessalonians 5:12," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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