We exhort you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient toward all.
The disorderly ...  "Originally a military term (for a soldier who fell out of the ranks, or failed to keep step), the term came to be used of idle and careless habits."[26] Regarding the particular disorder which might have been in evidence at Thessalonica, Moffatt has this: "The particular form of insubordination at Thessalonica was idleness."[27] Paul would deal with that effectively in the second epistle to the Thessalonians.