And we beseech you brethren definition
And we beseech you brethren. — beseech means to request, to ask. “We keep on asking you,” present linear aktionsart; “to know them which labour among you” — the word “know” is a perfect tense meaning to have doctrine in the soul. It is a perfect tense used as a present. It is an active infinitive, an infinitive of purpose. It means to have information, to be able to recognize your leaders. Obviously you cannot operate under the leadership of any local church unless you know the leadership. There were two characteristics for joining the early church: you had to be born again, and you had to submit to the leadership and the authority of the local church leadership.