1 Thessalonians 2:11
As ye knowe how that we exhorted you, and comforted, and besought euery one of you (as a father his children)
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
12That ye would walke worthy of God, who hath called you vnto his kingdome and glorie.
Cross References
Numbers 27:19And set him before Eleazar the Priest, and before all the Congregation, and giue him a charge in their sight.
Deuteronomy 31:14Then the Lord saide vnto Moses, Beholde, thy dayes are come, that thou must die: Call Ioshua, and stande ye in the Tabernacle of the Congregation that I may giue him a charge. So Moses and Ioshua went, and stoode in the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
1 Chronicles 28:9And thou, Salomon my sonne, know thou the God of thy father, and serue him with a perfit heart, and with a willing minde: For the Lord searcheth all hearts, and vnderstandeth all the imaginations of thoughts: if thou seeke him, he will be found of thee, but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for euer.
Psalms 34:11Come children, hearken vnto me: I will teache you the feare of the Lord.
Proverbs 1:15My sonne, walke not thou in the way with them: refraine thy foote from their path.
Proverbs 3:1My sonne, forget not thou my Lawe, but let thine heart keepe my commandements.
Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 2:8-13
The Primitive Ministers. ( a. d. 51.) 7 But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children: 8 So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us. 9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God. 10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and… Read the whole commentary →