1 Thessalonians 4:10

and indeed you do act in this spirit towards all his people throughout Macedonia. Yet, friends, we beg you to do even more.

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And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;

In Context

9As to love for each other there is no need to write to you; for you have yourselves been taught by God to love one another;

11Make it your ambition to live quietly, and to attend to your own business, and to work with your hands, as we directed you;

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 8:1We want to remind you, friends, of the love that God has shown to the churches in Macedonia –

Ephesians 1:15And therefore I, ever since I heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which prevails among you, and of your confidence in all Christ’s people,

Philippians 3:13For I, friends, do not regard myself as having yet laid hold of it. But this one thing I do – forgetting what lies behind, and straining every nerve for that which lies in front,

1 Thessalonians 1:7and so became a pattern to all who believed in Christ throughout Macedonia and Greece.

1 Thessalonians 4:1Further, friends, we beg and urge you in the name of our Lord Jesus to carry out more fully than ever – as indeed you are already doing – all that you have heard from us as to what your daily life must be, if it is to please God.

Philemon 1:5because I hear of the love and the faith which you show, not only to the Lord Jesus, but also to all his people;

Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 4:10-13

Brotherly Love. ( a. d. 51.) 9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another. 10 And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more; 11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; 12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing. In these words… Read the whole commentary →

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