Instructions for Life in the Church
1 Thessalonians 5:12-14
Noutheteo (Greek)
– to admonish, warn, exhort, counsel
– literally = to place in the mind
Unruly
– out of order (disorderly)
– out of step – out of line
– some have “idle”
Fainthearted
– KJV – feebleminded
– literally “small souled” “small spirited”
– timid, discouraged, fretful, depressed, worried, anxious
Weak
– Those who are weak through lack of knowledge.
– Those who are weak in faith – struggle to believe. (Rom. 4:19)
– Those who are weak in battling the flesh. (2 Cor. 11:29, Matt. 26:41)
– Those who are weak in conscience. (Rom. 14:1-2, 1 Cor. 8:7-10)
– Those who are weak physically – the sick. (James 5:14)
