1 Thessalonians 4:1

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Summary

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.

We

Hebrews 13:22

Ye have

2 Thessalonians 3:10

Ye ought

1 Thessalonians 2:12

To please

1 John 3:22

So ye

General references

Luke 1:75

1 Thessalonians 2:3

Bible References

We

for you know how, as a father with his own children, we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you

I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

Working together with him, then, we urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

I, Paul, myself urge you, by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold to you when I am away!

I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called,

yet for love's sake I rather appeal to yousince I am such a person as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus

I urge you, brethren, bear with my word of exhortation, for I have written to you briefly.

Ye have

Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you,

For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.

For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread,

Now I would remind you, brethren, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand,

Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you stand firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel,

Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so live in him,

For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If anyone will not work, he shall not eat."

Ye ought

to live a life worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.

To please

and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

so that you will live a life worthy of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.

And without faith it is impossible to please God, for anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

Do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.

So ye

and indeed you do love all the brethren throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brethren, to do so more and more.

Every branch in me that bears no fruit he takes away; and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, so that it may bear more fruit.

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

And this is my prayer, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment,

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

We ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, as is fitting, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge,

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

General references

in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.

For our appeal does not spring from error or impurity, nor is it made with deceit;