1 Thessalonians 4:1
Finally then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye do walk,—that ye abound more and more.
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In Context
2For ye know what charge we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 17:4but sought to the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
Psalms 92:14They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be full of sap and green:
John 15:2Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh it away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bear more fruit.
Romans 8:8and they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
1 Corinthians 11:23For I received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, how that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was betrayed took bread;
1 Corinthians 15:58Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not 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 →