1 Thessalonians 4:1
Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Yeshua, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more.
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2For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Yeshua.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 17:4but sought the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not in the ways of Israel.
Psalms 92:14They will still produce fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and green,
John 15:2Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
Romans 8:8Those who are in the flesh can’t please God.
1 Corinthians 11:23For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Yeshua on the night in which he was betrayed took bread.
1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor 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 →