1Th 5:27 | RWP | e4.org | I adjure you by the Lord ( ενορκιζω υμας τον Κυριον ). Late compound for old ορκιζω ( ), to put one on oath, with two accusatives (Robertson, Grammar , pp. 483f.). Occurs in inscriptions. That this epistle be read unto all the brethren ( αναγνωσθηνα την επιστολην πασιν τοις αδελφοις ). First aorist passive infinitive of αναγινωσκω with accusative of general reference in an indirect command. Clearly Paul wrote for the church as a whole and wished the epistles read aloud at a public meeting. In this first epistle we see the importance that he attaches to his epistles.

‏ 1 Thessalonians 5:27

I adjure you by the Lord ( ενορκιζω υμας τον Κυριον ). Late compound for old ορκιζω (Mr 5:7), to put one on oath, with two accusatives (Robertson, Grammar, pp. 483f.). Occurs in inscriptions.

That this epistle be read unto all the brethren ( αναγνωσθηνα την επιστολην πασιν τοις αδελφοις ). First aorist passive infinitive of αναγινωσκω with accusative of general reference in an indirect command. Clearly Paul wrote for the church as a whole and wished the epistles read aloud at a public meeting. In this first epistle we see the importance that he attaches to his epistles.