1 Thessalonians 4:1

And furthermore we beseeche you, brethren, and exhort you in the Lord Iesus, that ye increase more and more, as ye haue receiued 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

2For ye knowe what commandements we gaue you by the Lord Iesus.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 17:4But sought the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandements, and not after the trade of Israel.

Psalms 92:14They shall still bring foorth fruite in their age: they shall be fat and flourishing,

John 15:2Euery branch that beareth not fruite in me, he taketh away: and euery one that beareth fruite, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruite.

Romans 8:8So then they that are in the flesh, can not please God.

1 Corinthians 11:23For I haue receiued of the Lord that which I also haue deliuered vnto you, to wit, That the Lord Iesus in the night when he was betrayed, tooke bread:

1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore my beloued brethren, be ye stedfast, vnmoueable, aboundant alwayes in the worke of the Lord, forasmuch as ye knowe that your labour is not in vaine 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 →

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