1 Thessalonians 4:1
And last of all, the prayer which we make to you from our heart and in the name of the Lord Jesus, is this: that as we made clear to you what sort of behaviour is pleasing to God, as in fact you are doing now, so you will go on in these ways, but more and more.
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2Because you have in mind the orders we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
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2 Chronicles 17:4But turning to the God of his father and keeping his laws, and not doing as Israel did.
Psalms 92:14\92:13\Those who are planted in the house of the Lord will come up tall and strong in his gardens.
John 15:2He takes away every branch in me which has no fruit, and every branch which has fruit he makes clean, so that it may have more fruit.
Romans 8:8So that those who are in the flesh are not able to give pleasure to God.
1 Corinthians 11:23For it was handed down to me from the Lord, as I gave it to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night when Judas was false to him, took bread,
1 Corinthians 15:58For this cause, my dear brothers, be strong in purpose and unmoved, ever giving yourselves to the work of the Lord, because you are certain that your work is not without effect in the 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 →