1 Thessalonians 4:1

Appeal For Continuing Sanctification

¹ Finally then, my brothers, I continue to beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as you learned of me how to walk so as to please God??nd you are actually doing so??hat you abound in it yet more and more. ² For you know what charges I laid upon you through the Lord Jesus.

In the Name of the Lord

It is I

Jesus Christ

Lord Jesus Christ

Name of the Lord

Pleasing to God

O God

Christ

Jesus

Ephesians 4:1

I summon you then, I the prisoner in the Lord, to live lives worthy of the calling to which you were called.

Colossians 1:10

that you may walk worthy of the Lord in every kind of pleasing; that you may be fruitful in every kind of good work, and may increase in the knowledge of God;

2 Thessalonians 1:3

I ought always to thank God for you, brothers, as is fitting because of the abundant growth of your faith and of the overflowing love with which every one of you is filled toward one another.

Philippians 1:9

And it is my prayer that your love may abound yet more and more in intelligence and insight

Colossians 2:6

As then you have received Jesus Christ, your Lord, in him live your lives;

2 Thessalonians 2:1

Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to meet him, I entreat you, brothers,

John 15:2

"He cuts back any of my branches that bear no fruit, and prunes every fruit-bearing branch, that it may bear more.

Acts 20:27

I never shrank from telling you the whole counsel of God.

Romans 8:8

And they who are earthly minded cannot please God.

Romans 12:1-2

I entreat you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies to Him as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God. This is your reasonable service of worship.

1 Corinthians 11:23

For I passed on to you the account, which I myself received from the Lord; how the Lord Jesus, on the very night he was betrayed, took bread,

1 Corinthians 15:1

Now I am calling to your remembrance, brothers, the gospel which I preached to you, which you also received, and on which you have taken your stand,

1 Corinthians 15:58

So, my brothers beloved, stand firm, immovable, always abounding in work for the Lord, because you know that your toil is not fruitless in the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:9

And for this reason I also make it home with the Lord.

2 Corinthians 6:1

As a worker with him I beseech you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

2 Corinthians 10:1

Now I Paul, myself, appeal to you by the humble-heartedness and selflessness of Christ??aul who "in your presence is humble, but bold enough when he is absent"??2 I beseech you, and I say, do not make me show my boldness, when I come in the boldness with which I think I shall show my courage against some who think that I am walking on the low level of the flesh.

2 Corinthians 13:11

Finally, brothers, farewell. Aim at perfection, take courage, be of one mind, live in peace; so shall the God of love and peace be with you.

Ephesians 4:20

But you have not so learned Christ,

Ephesians 5:17

For this reason do not be thoughtless, but learn to know what the Lord's will is.

Philippians 1:27

Only do lead lives worthy of the gospel of Christ; so that whether I come to see you or hear reports concerning you in my absence, I may know that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one soul, enlisted in a common struggle for the faith of the gospel,

Philippians 3:14

I am ever pressing on toward the goal, for the prize of God's heavenward call in Christ Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 2:11-12

You know how I was wont to treat each of you as a father treats his children,

1 Thessalonians 3:12

Meanwhile, may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love toward one another and toward all men, even as I do toward you.

1 Thessalonians 4:2

For you know what charges I laid upon you through the Lord Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 4:10-12

As indeed you do love all the brothers in Macedonia. But I exhort you, brothers, to abound in this yet more.

2 Thessalonians 3:1

Finally, brothers, pray on for me, that God's word may run swiftly, and be glorified as in your own case,

2 Thessalonians 3:10-12

For indeed when I was with you, I used to charge you, "If any man will not work, he shall not eat."

1 Timothy 5:21

I charge you solemnly in the presence of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ and of the elect angels, that you observe these things without prejudice against any man, and do nothing out of partiality.

1 Timothy 6:13-14

In the presence of God who gives life to all, and of Christ Jesus who bore witness to the good confession before Pontius Pilate,

Hebrews 11:6

now without faith it is impossible to please him; for he who comes to God must believe that he is, and that he ever rewards those who are seeking.

Hebrews 13:16

And forget not to be kind and liberal; for with that sort of sacrifice God is well pleased.

Hebrews 13:22

But I entreat you, brothers, bear with my word of exhortation, for I have written to you briefly.

2 Peter 1:5-10

For this very reason do your best to add to your faith manliness, and to manliness knowledge,

2 Peter 3:18

But grow continually in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and unto the Day of Eternity, Amen.

1 John 3:22

and whatever we ask we are receiving from him, because we are keeping his commandments and doing those things that are pleasing in his sight.

2 Timothy 4:1

I adjure you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus who is about to judge the living and the dead??y his appearing and his kingdom, I adjure you??2 proclaim the message, be urgent in season and out of season; convince, rebuke, encourage, with never-failing patience and teaching.