In love, hold them in highest regard because of their work. Live in peace with one another.
Parallel translations
- WEB and to respect and honor them in love for their work’s sake. Be at peace among yourselves.
- KJV And to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
- NKJV and to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. Be at peace among yourselves.
- NASB and that you regard them very highly in love because of their work. Live in peace with one another.
- NLT Show them great respect and wholehearted love because of their work. And live peacefully with each other.
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Leaders are to be esteemed highly in love because of their work, and the congregation is to live at peace together.
Overview
Paul calls for warm, love-rooted respect for leaders, grounded not in personality but in the value of their gospel work. Honoring faithful leaders and pursuing peace within the body go hand in hand, since disorder often arises where leadership is despised. A church united under Christ's appointed shepherds reflects the peace that the Prince of Peace secures for His people.
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- Mark 9:50Salt is good, but if the salt loses its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
- Heb 12:14Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
- Gal 6:6Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word must share in all good things with his instructor.
- John 13:34–35A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
- 1 Cor 9:7–11Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?
- Jas 3:18Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.
- 1 Cor 4:1–2So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
- Eph 4:3and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
- Ps 133:1A song of ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!
- Rom 4:17–19As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.
- Gal 4:14And although my illness was a trial to you, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus Himself.
- Gal 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
- Luke 7:3–5When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to ask Him to come and heal his servant.
- Gen 45:24Then Joseph sent his brothers on their way, and as they were leaving, he said to them, “Do not quarrel on the way!”
- 2 Cor 13:11Finally, brothers, rejoice! Aim for perfect harmony, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.
- 2 Th 3:16Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.
- Matt 10:40He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives the One who sent Me.
- Col 3:15Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, for to this you were called as members of one body. And be thankful.
- John 15:17This is My command to you: Love one another.
- 2 Tim 2:22Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
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