1 Thessalonians 5:12

Paul urges the church to recognize and value those who labor among them as leaders and instruct them in the Lord.

Cross-references · 38

• Heb 13:17Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.
• Heb 13:7Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.
• 1 Tim 5:17–18Elders who lead effectively are worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.
• 1 Cor 16:18For they refreshed my spirit and yours as well. Show your appreciation, therefore, to such men.
• 1 Cor 16:16to submit to such as these, and to every fellow worker and laborer.
• 1 Cor 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
• Titus 1:3In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.
• 1 Cor 3:9For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
• 1 Th 5:14And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.
• Acts 20:28Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
• Luke 10:7Stay at the same house, eating and drinking whatever you are offered. For the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move around from house to house.
• Acts 20:35In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
• Phil 2:16as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.
• 2 Tim 2:6The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.
• 1 Cor 12:28And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, and those with gifts of healing, helping, administration, and various tongues.
• 2 Cor 11:23Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.
• Col 1:29To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.
• 2 Cor 5:9So we aspire to please Him, whether we are here in this body or away from it.
• Titus 1:5The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.
• Rev 1:20This is the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
• 2 Cor 6:1As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
• Gal 4:11I fear for you, that my efforts for you may have been in vain.
• Luke 10:1–2After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit.
• Rev 2:8To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of the First and the Last, who died and returned to life.
• Rev 3:1“To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of the One who holds the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation for being alive, yet you are dead.
• Rev 2:12To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of the One who holds the sharp, double-edged sword.
• Rev 2:3Without growing weary, you have persevered and endured many things for the sake of My name.
• Rev 3:14To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God’s creation.
• Rev 3:7To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can open.
• Titus 2:15Speak these things as you encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.
• Matt 9:37–38Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.
• John 4:38I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the hard work, and now you have taken up their labor.”
• Rev 2:18To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like a blazing fire and whose feet are like polished bronze.
• Phil 2:19Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I learn how you are doing.
• 1 Tim 5:1Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. Treat younger men as brothers,
• 1 Tim 5:20But those who persist in sin should be rebuked in front of everyone, so that the others will stand in fear of sin.
• 1 Th 2:9Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
• 1 Pet 5:2–3Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;

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