Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
brethren—This exhortation to "warm (Greek, 'admonish,' as in I Thessalonians 5:12) the unruly (those 'disorderly' persons, II Thessalonians 3:6, II Thessalonians 3:11, who would not work, and yet expected to be maintained, literally, said of soldiers who will not remain in their ranks, compare I Thessalonians 4:11; also those insubordinate as to Church discipline, in relation to those 'over' the Church, I Thessalonians 5:12), comfort the feeble-minded (the faint-hearted, who are ready to sink 'without hope' in afflictions, I Thessalonians 4:13, and temptations)," applies to all clergy and laity alike, though primarily the duty of the clergy (who are meant in I Thessalonians 5:12)."
support—literally, "lay fast hold on so as to support."
the weak—spiritually. Paul practiced what he preached (I Corinthians 9:22).
be patient toward all men—There is no believer who needs not the exercise of patience "toward" him; there is none to whom a believer ought not to show it; many show it more to strangers than to their own families, more to the great than to the humble; but we ought to show it "toward all men" [BENGEL]. Compare "the long-suffering of our Lord" (II Corinthians 10:1; II Peter 3:15).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Thessalonians 5:14:
1 Thessalonians 2:11
1 Thessalonians 5:12
2 Thessalonians 3:6
2 Thessalonians 3:15
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