1 THESSALONIANS 2:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 3
“As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,”
For you know how, like a father with his children, we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God — the paternal image complements the maternal; apostolic care is tender yet demanding. The exhortation (parakaleo) is individualized ('each one'), not generic; it addresses the particular soul before God. Walking worthy (peripateo) is the lived consequence of divine calling.
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