1 Thessalonians 2:12
exhorting and imploring and adjuring each one among you to lead a life worthy of the God who called you into his own kingdom and glory.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
In Context
11You know how I was wont to treat each of you as a father treats his children,
Cross References
Romans 8:28Now we know that all things continually work together for good to to those who love God, to those who have been the called according to his purpose.
Romans 9:23And what if he thus purposed to make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared for glory?
Galatians 5:16This is my meaning. Let your steps be guided by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
Ephesians 5:2and to lead lives of love, just as Christ also loved you and gave himself up for you, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for you, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for "an odor of sweetness."
Philippians 1:27Only do lead lives worthy of the gospel of Christ; so that whether I come to see you or hear reports concerning you in my absence, I may know that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one soul, enlisted in a common struggle for the faith of the gospel,
Colossians 2:6As then you have received Jesus Christ, your Lord, in him live your lives;
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 →