1 Thessalonians 4:1
For the rest therefore, brethren, we pray and beseech you in the Lord Jesus, that as you have received from us, how you ought to walk, and to please God, so also you would walk, that you may abound the more.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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In Context
2For you know what precepts I have given to you by the Lord Jesus.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 17:4But in the God of his father, and walk in his commandments, and not according to the sins of Israel.
Psalms 92:14They that are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God.
John 15:2dummy verses inserted by amos
Romans 8:8And they who are in the flesh, cannot please God.
1 Corinthians 11:23For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread.
1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast and unmoveable; always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labour is not in vain 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 →