Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
exhorted and comforted--Exhortation leads one to do a thing willingly; consolation, to do it joyfully [BENGEL], (1 Thessalonians 5:14). Even in the former term, "exhorted," the Greek includes the additional idea of comforting and advocating one's cause: "encouragingly exhorted." Appropriate in this case, as the Thessalonians were in sorrow, both through persecutions, and also through deaths of friends (1 Thessalonians 4:13).
charged--"conjured solemnly," literally, "testifying"; appealing solemnly to you before God.
every one of you--in private (Acts 20:20), as well as publicly. The minister, if he would be useful, must not deal merely in generalities, but must individualize and particularize.
as a father--with mild gravity. The Greek is, "his own children."
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
1 Thessalonians 1:5
1 Thessalonians 2:1
1 Thessalonians 2:3
1 Thessalonians 2:7
1 Thessalonians 2:13
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