1 Thessalonians 4:1

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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

1 Thessalonians 2:3

Bible References

We

As you know, like a father with his own children,

Therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your spiritual worship.

Working together with Him, we also appeal to you, “Don’t receive God’s grace in vain.”

Now I, Paul, make a personal appeal to you by the gentleness and graciousness of Christ—I who am humble among you in person but bold toward you when absent.

Therefore I, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk worthy of the calling you have received,

I appeal to you, instead, on the basis of love. I, Paul, as an elderly man and now also as a prisoner of Christ Jesus,

Brothers, I urge you to receive this message of exhortation, for I have written to you briefly.

Ye have

to seek to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you,

for I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole plan of God.

For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: On the night when He was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread,

Now brothers, I want to clarify for you the gospel I proclaimed to you; you received it and have taken your stand on it.

Just one thing: Live your life in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or am absent, I will hear about you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, working side by side for the faith that comes from the gospel,

Therefore, as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in Him,

In fact, when we were with you, this is what we commanded you: “If anyone isn’t willing to work, he should not eat.”

Ye ought

we encouraged, comforted, and implored each one of you to walk worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

To please

Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

So don’t be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.

so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him, bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God.

Now without faith it is impossible to please God, for the one who draws near to Him must believe that He exists and rewards those who seek Him.

Don’t neglect to do what is good and to share, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.

and can receive whatever we ask from Him because we keep His commands and do what is pleasing in His sight.

So ye

In fact, you are doing this toward all the brothers in the entire region of Macedonia. But we encourage you, brothers, to do so even more,

Yet the righteous person will hold to his way,
and the one whose hands are clean will grow stronger.

They will still bear fruit in old age,
healthy and green,

The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
shining brighter and brighter until midday.

Every branch in Me that does not produce fruit He removes, and He prunes every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce more fruit.

Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord’s work, knowing that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

And I pray this: that your love will keep on growing in knowledge and every kind of discernment,

I pursue as my goal the prize promised by God’s heavenly call in Christ Jesus.

We must always thank God for you, brothers. This is right, since your faith is flourishing and the love each one of you has for one another is increasing.

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

And after the birth of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and fathered other sons and daughters.

“You are to keep My commands and do them; I am Yahweh.

Look, I have taught you statutes and ordinances as the Lord my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering to possess.

“You must carefully follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase, and may enter and take possession of the land the Lord swore to your fathers.

be careful to follow all the statutes and ordinances I set before you today.

in holiness and righteousness
in His presence all our days.

For our exhortation didn’t come from error or impurity or an intent to deceive.