1 Thessalonians 5:13 (GNV)

Passage

That yee haue them in singular loue for their workes sake. Bee at peace among your selues.

Nearby Context

1 Thessalonians 5:11 Wherefore exhort one another, and edifie one another, euen as ye doe.

1 Thessalonians 5:12 Nowe we beseeche you, brethren, that ye acknowledge them, which labour among you, and are ouer you in the Lord, and admonish you,

1 Thessalonians 5:13 That yee haue them in singular loue for their workes sake. Bee at peace among your selues.

1 Thessalonians 5:14 We desire you, brethren, admonish them that are out of order: comfort ye feeble minded: beare with the weake: be pacient toward all men.

1 Thessalonians 5:15 See that none recompense euil for euil vnto any man: but euer follow that which is good, both toward your selues, and toward all men.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "haue", "singular", "loue", "workes", "sake", "peace", and "selues". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "haue" and "singular", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "Nowe we beseeche you brethren that ye..." into verse 14's "We desire you brethren admonish them that...", so "haue" and "singular" 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 "haue" and "singular" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.