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1Th 5:14. Τοὺς ἀτάκτους, the disorderly [unruly]) Such persons were not wanting, how flourishing soever that church might be. And ἀταξία, disorder, presently increased, 2Th 3:6; 2Th 3:11.-ἀντέχεσθε) pay attention to, שמר, ἀντέχεσθαι, to have regard to, Pro 4:6.-πρὸς πάντας, to all) There is no believer to whom long-suffering (μακροθυμία, implied in μακροθυμεῖτε) may not be shown; none, to whom a believer ought not to show it. Many show it more to strangers than to their own families, more to the powerful than to the more humble; but it should be shown towards all.