American Standard Version
"But we beseech you, brethren, to know them that labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; "
— 1 Thessalonians 5:12, American Standard Version
“And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;”
“But we beg you, brothers, to know those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you,”
“Final Instructions Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who labor among you and preside over you in the Lord and admonish you,”
“And we beseech you, brethren, to know them who labour among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you;”
“But we make this request to you, my brothers: give attention to those who are working among you, who are over you in the Lord to keep order among you;”
“And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;”
For God appointed us not unto wrath, but unto the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.
But we beseech you, brethren, to know them that labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
and to esteem them exceeding highly in love for their work’s sake. Be at peace among yourselves.
And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all.
See that none render unto any one evil for evil; but always follow after that which is good, one toward another, and toward all.