1Th 2:11 | JFB | STEP | 11. exhorted and comforted-- Exhortation leads one to do a thing willingly; consolation, to do it joyfully [Bengel], ( ). Even in the former term, "exhorted," the Greek includes the additional idea of comforting and advocating one's cause: "encouragingly exhorted." Appropriate in this case, as the Thessalonians were in sorrow, both through persecutions, and also through deaths of friends ( ). charged-- "conjured solemnly," literally, "testifying"; appealing solemnly to you before God. every one of you-- in private ( ), as well as publicly. The minister, if he would be useful, must not deal merely in generalities, but must individualize and particularize. as a father-- with mild gravity. The Greek is, "his own children."

‏ 1 Thessalonians 2:11

11. exhorted and comforted--Exhortation leads one to do a thing willingly; consolation, to do it joyfully [Bengel], (1Th 5:14). Even in the former term, "exhorted," the Greek includes the additional idea of comforting and advocating one's cause: "encouragingly exhorted." Appropriate in this case, as the Thessalonians were in sorrow, both through persecutions, and also through deaths of friends (1Th 4:13).

charged--"conjured solemnly," literally, "testifying"; appealing solemnly to you before God.

every one of you--in private (Ac 20:20), as well as publicly. The minister, if he would be useful, must not deal merely in generalities, but must individualize and particularize.

as a father--with mild gravity. The Greek is, "his own children."