1 Thessalonians 4:1
For the rest, brethren, we request and exhort you, in our Lord Jesus, [that], even as ye received from us, how ye must needs walk and please God,—even as ye also do walk, that ye would abound still more.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
2For ye know what charges we gave you, through the Lord Jesus.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 17:4for, unto the God of his father, he sought, and, in his commandments, he walked,—and not according to the doing of Israel.
Psalms 92:14Still shall they bear fruit in old age, Vigorous and fresh, shall they be:
John 15:2Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, He taketh it away; and, every one that beareth, fruit, He pruneth it, that, more fruit, it may bear.
Romans 8:8They, moreover, who in flesh have their being, cannot please, God.
1 Corinthians 11:23For, I myself, received from the Lord—that which I also delivered unto you,—how that, the Lord Jesus, in the night in which he was being delivered up, took a loaf,
1 Corinthians 15:58So, then, my beloved brethren,—become ye, steadfast, immovable, superabounding in the work of the Lord, at all times; knowing that, your toil, 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 →