1 Thessalonians 4:1
Finally therefore, brothers, we ask you, and summon in Lord Jesus, that just as ye received from us how ye ought to walk and to please God, that ye may abound more.
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2For ye know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 17:4but sought for the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
Psalms 92:14They shall still bring forth fruit in old age. They shall be full of sap and green
John 15:2Every branch in me not bearing fruit, he removes it. And every branch that bears fruit, he prunes it, so that it may bear more fruit.
Romans 8:8And those who are in flesh cannot please God.
1 Corinthians 11:23For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was betrayed took bread,
1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my beloved brothers, become ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not empty in Lord.
Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 4:1
In this chapter the apostle gives earnest exhortations to abound in holiness, with a caution against uncleanness, enforced with several arguments, ver. 1-8 . He then mentions the great duties of brotherly love, and quietness with industry in our callings, ver. 9-12 . And concludes with comforting those who mourned for their relations and friends that died in the Lord, ver. 13-18 . Read the whole commentary →