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

2 Peter 3:18

General references

Luke 1:75

1 Thessalonians 2:3

Bible References

We

You know how, like a father with his children, we used to urge, encourage, and implore you

I appeal to you, therefore, brothers, by this mercy of God, to offer your bodies in a living sacrifice that will be holy and acceptable to God; that is your rational worship.

As God's fellow-worker, I appeal to you, too, not to accept the favor of God and then waste it.

I appeal to you personally, by the gentleness and forbearance of Christ??he Paul who is so humble when face to face with you, but so bold in dealing with you when he is far away!

So I, the prisoner for the Lord's sake, appeal to you to live lives worthy of the summons you have received;

I prefer to appeal to you in the name of love, simply as what I am??aul, no less an envoy of Christ Jesus, though now a prisoner for him

I beg you brothers, to listen patiently to this appeal, for I have written you but briefly.

Ye have

in striving to live quietly and mind your own affairs, and work with your hands, as we directed you,

for I have not shrunk from letting you know God's purpose without reserve.

For I myself received from the Lord the account that I passed on to you, that the Lord Jesus the night he was betrayed took some bread

Now I want to remind you, brothers, of the form in which I presented to you the good news I brought, which you accepted and have stood by,

Whatever happens, show yourselves citizens worthy of the good news of the Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am kept away and only hear news of you, I may know that you are standing firm with one spirit, one purpose, fighting side by side for faith in the good news.

So just as you once accepted the Christ, Jesus, as your Lord, you must live in vital union with him.

When I was with you, I gave you this rule: "If anyone refuses to work, give him nothing to eat!"

Ye ought

to make your lives worthy of God who invites you into his kingdom and his glory.

To please

Those who are physical cannot please God.

You must not adopt the customs of this world but by your new attitude of mind be transformed so that you can find out what God's will is??hat is good, pleasing, and perfect.

So do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is.

so that the lives you live may be worthy of your Master and wholly pleasing to him, and you may be fruitful in all kinds of good deeds, and may grow into fuller knowledge of God.

but without faith it is impossible to please him; for whoever would approach God must have faith in his existence and in his willingness to reward those who try to find him.

But do not forget to be helpful and generous, for that is the kind of sacrifice that pleases God.

and we obtain from him whatever we ask for, because we are obeying his commands and doing the things that please him.

So ye

and you are doing it to all the brothers all over Macedonia. But we do entreat you, brothers, to surpass yourselves

Any branch of mine that does not bear fruit he trims away, and he prunes every branch that bears fruit, to make it bear more.

And it is my prayer that your love may grow richer and richer in knowledge and perfect insight,

I am pressing toward the goal, for the prize to which God through Christ Jesus calls us upward.

We always have to thank God for you, brothers, as it is right that we should, because your faith is growing so wonderfully and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.

For this very reason make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge,

You must grow in the blessing and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Glory to him now and forever.

General references

And should serve him in holiness and uprightness, unafraid, In his own presence all our lives.

For our appeal does not rest on a delusion, nor spring from any impure motive; there is no fraud about it.