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 ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father with his children,

Therefore, I beseech you brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies in living sacrifice, holy, well pleasing unto God, which is your rational worship.

We then, as workers together with him, exhort you also that ye have not received the grace of God in vain.

Now I, Paul, myself beseech you by the meekness and clemency of the Christ (who in presence am low among you, but being absent am bold toward you)

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation with which ye are called,

yet for the sake of charity I rather beseech thee, being such a one as Paul the aged and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

And I beseech you, brethren, that ye receive this word of exhortation, that I have written unto you briefly.

Ye have

and that ye procure to be quiet and to do your business and to work with your hands, as we commanded you,

For I have not refrained from declaring unto you the full counsel of God.

For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread;

Moreover, brothers, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received and in which ye stand;

Only let your conversation be as is worthy of the gospel of Christ, that whether I come and see you or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, unanimous, working together for the faith of the gospel,

Therefore in the manner in which ye received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him,

For even when we were with you, this we declared unto you, that if anyone desires not to work neither should he eat.

Ye ought

that ye would walk worthy of God, who has called you unto his kingdom and glory.

To please

So then, those that are carnal cannot please God.

And be not conformed to this age, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your soul that ye may experience what is that good and well pleasing and perfect will of God.

Therefore, be ye not unwise, but understanding of what the will of the Lord is.

that ye might walk worthy of the Lord, pleasing him in everything, being fruitful in every good work, and growing in the knowledge of God,

But without faith it is impossible to please God; for he that comes to God must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of those that diligently seek him.

Do not forget to do good and to fellowship; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

and whatsoever we ask, we receive of him because we keep his commandments and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

So ye

And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia, but we beseech you, brethren, that ye continue to grow

The righteous shall hold on to his way, and he that has clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be vigorous and flourishing

But the path of the just is as the light of the morning star, that shines more and more until the day is perfect.

Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he shall take away; and every one that bears fruit, he shall purge that they may bring forth more fruit.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

And this I pray that your charity may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all perception,

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

We must thank God always for you, brethren, as is due because your faith grows exceedingly, and the charity of each and every one of you toward each other abounds,

Ye also, giving all diligence to the same, show forth virtue in your faith; and in virtue, knowledge;

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

General references

And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years and begat sons and daughters;

Keep, therefore, my commandments and do them. I am the LORD.

Behold, I have taught you statutes and rights, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do thus in the midst of the land where ye are about to enter in to possess it.

Take care to do all the commandments which I command thee this day that ye may live and be multiplied and enter in and inherit the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers.

Keep yourselves, therefore, to do all the statutes and rights which I set before you this day.

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

For our exhortation was not of error nor of uncleanness nor in guile,