1 Thessalonians 4:1

Finally then, my brothers, I continue to beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as you learned of me how to walk so as to please God - and you are actually doing so - that you abound in it yet more and more.

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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 you know what charges I laid upon you through the Lord Jesus.

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Cross References

John 15:2"He cuts back any of my branches that bear no fruit, and prunes every fruit-bearing branch, that it may bear more.

Romans 8:8And they who are earthly minded cannot please God.

1 Corinthians 11:23For I passed on to you the account, which I myself received from the Lord; how the Lord Jesus, on the very night he was betrayed, took bread,

1 Corinthians 15:58So, my brothers beloved, stand firm, immovable, always abounding in work for the Lord, because you know that your toil is not fruitless 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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