1 Thessalonians 4:1

Further more we beseche you brethren and exhorte you in the lorde Iesus that ye increace more and more euen as ye have receaved of vs how ye ought to walke and to please god.

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In The King James Version

Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.

In Context

2Ye remember what commaundmentes we gave you in oure lorde Iesu Christ.

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Cross References

John 15:2Every braunche that beareth not frute in me he will take awaye. And every braunche that beareth frute will he pourge that it maye bringe moare frute.

Romans 8:8So then they that are geven to the flesshe cannot please God.

1 Corinthians 11:23That which I delyvered vnto you I receaved of the lorde. For the lorde Iesus the same nyght in which he was betrayed toke breed:

1 Corinthians 15:58Therfore my deare brethren be ye stedfast and unmovable alwayes ryche in the workes of the Lorde for as moch as ye knowe how that youre labour is not in vayne in the Lorde.

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 →

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