1 Thessalonians 5:13 (ASV)

Passage

and to esteem them exceeding highly in love for their work`s sake. Be at peace among yourselves.

Nearby Context

1 Thessalonians 5:11 Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.

1 Thessalonians 5:12 But we beseech you, brethren, to know them that labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

1 Thessalonians 5:13 and to esteem them exceeding highly in love for their work`s sake. Be at peace among yourselves.

1 Thessalonians 5:14 And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all.

1 Thessalonians 5:15 See that none render unto any one evil for evil; but always follow after that which is good, one toward another, and toward all.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "esteem", "exceeding", "highly", "love", "sake", "peace", and "yourselves". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "esteem" and "exceeding", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "But we beseech you brethren to know..." into verse 14's "And we exhort you brethren admonish the...", so "esteem" and "exceeding" belong inside that flow. In 1 Thessalonians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "esteem" and "exceeding" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.