12. 'Epurupev, we pray or beseech) Paul beseeches, making the cause of those labouring in the word as it were his own : an other verb follows, viz. cra^«%aXoi//x.£v, we exhort, ver. 14. — s/dsvai) to know, to have respect and a regard for ; a metonymy of the antecedent for the consequent. — xo-rr/wvrag, labouring) Some times one and the same person may labour, rtpotaragQai, be over or preside, vovdtrs/v, admonish ; sometimes different persons, ac cording to the variety of gifts. To labour is not only the genus, but it denotes different functions, which are not comprehended under presiding and admonishing ; for example, Rom. xvi. 2. Phcebe was lepooran^ a superintendent ; on the contrary, ver. 12, Tryphcena and Tryphosa had indeed laboured, but they had not been KpoGranfag, they did not preside or act as superintendents. Acting as superintendent implies authority ; vouOsr&Tv, to admonish, denotes zeal and skill, which one exercises more than another.
13. 'Ev lauro/^, among yourselves) Mutually.
14. Tov$ ardxrovg, the disorderly [unruly]) Such persons were not wanting, how flourishing soever that church might be. And a rag/a, disorder, presently increased, 2 Thess. iii. 6, 11. — avre%e(ffe) pay attention to, "1BB>, avr'^za&ai, to have regard to, Prov. iv. 6. — lefis vavrag, to all) There is no believer to whom long-suffering (paxpoQvftia, implied in f&axpotivfwfa) may not be shown ; none, to whom a believer ought not to show it. Many show it more to strangers than to their own families, more to the powerful than to the more humble ; but it should be shown towards all.
15. 'opars, see) Let every man watch over himself and the other (his neighbour). A person who has received an injury, and is in a passion, sees too much ; his neighbours therefore ought to see (for him).
18. 'EI> cravr/, in every thing) although it may seem adverse ; [and that, too, not only generally, but, like David, in particular cases. — Y. g.] — roDro, this) that ye should give thanks. — fe^r^a, will) which is always good, always keeping in view your salva tion in Christ Jesus.
19. To cmD/Aa) the Spirit, i.e. spiritual gifts. A Metonymy. — f&% ffpevvun, quench not) Where the Spirit is, He burns ; there fore He ought not to be quenched, either in ourselves or in the case of others.