Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Them that labour among you (touv kopiwntav en umin). Old word for toil even if weary.
And are over you in the Lord (kai proistamenouv umwn en Kuriw). Same article with this participle. Literally, those who stand in front of you, your leaders in the Lord, the presbyters or bishops and deacons. Get acquainted with them and follow them.
And admonish you (kai nouqetountav umav). Old verb from nouqethv and this from nouv (mind) and tiqhmi, to put. Putting sense into the heads of people. A thankless, but a necessary, task. The same article connects all three participles, different functions of the same leaders in the church.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Thessalonians 5:12:
Acts 17:2
Romans 12:7
Romans 15:14
1 Corinthians 4:15
1 Corinthians 10:11
1 Corinthians 12:28
Galatians 6:6
Colossians 1:28
Colossians 4:5
1 Thessalonians 4:1
1 Timothy 3:4
1 Timothy 5:17
Hebrews 13:7
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