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1 Thess. 4:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Furthermore then we γbeseech you, brethren, and δexhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walkk and to please God, so ye would aboundl more and more.

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or, request.

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or, beseech.

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Col. 1:10• ¹⁰so as to walk worthily of the Lord unto all well-pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing by the true knowledge of God; (Col. 1:10)

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1 Cor. 15:58• ⁵⁸So then, my beloved brethren, be firm, immovable, abounding always in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord. (1 Cor. 15:58)

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-5: He exhorts them to go forward in all manner of godliness;

6-8: to live holily and justly;

9-10: to love one another;

11-12: and quietly to follow their own business;

13-16: and last of all, to sorrow moderately for the dead.

17-18: And unto this last exhortation is annexed a brief description of the resurrection, and second coming of Christ to judgment.

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1 Thess. 2:11• ¹¹as ye know how, as a father his own children, we used to exhort each one of you, and comfort and testify, (1 Thess. 2:11)

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Rom. 12:1• ¹I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the compassions of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your intelligent service. (Rom. 12:1)

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2 Cor. 6:1• ¹But as fellow-workmen, we also beseech that ye receive not the grace of God in vain: (2 Cor. 6:1)

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2 Cor. 10:1• ¹But I myself, Paul, entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of the Christ, who, as to appearance, when present am mean among you, but absent am bold towards you; (2 Cor. 10:1)

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Eph. 4:1• ¹*I*, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you therefore to walk worthy of the calling wherewith ye have been called, (Eph. 4:1)

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Philem. 9‑10• ⁹for love's sake I rather exhort, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now also prisoner of Jesus Christ.
¹⁰I exhort thee for *my* child, whom I have begotten in my bonds, Onesimus, (Philem. 9‑10)

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Heb. 13:22• ²²But I beseech you, brethren, bear the word of exhortation, for it is but in few words that I have written to you. (Heb. 13:22)

we beseech.

or, we request.

exhort.

or, beseech.

by the.

1 Thess. 4:2• ²For ye know what charges we gave you through the Lord Jesus. (1 Thess. 4:2)

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Eph. 4:20• ²⁰But *ye* have not thus learnt the Christ, (Eph. 4:20)

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2 Thess. 2:1• ¹Now we beg you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to him, (2 Thess. 2:1)

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1 Tim. 5:21• ²¹I testify before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, that thou keep these things without prejudice, doing nothing by favour. (1 Tim. 5:21)

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1 Tim. 6:13‑14• ¹³I enjoin thee before God who preserves all things in life, and Christ Jesus who witnessed before Pontius Pilate the good confession,
¹⁴that thou keep the commandment spotless, irreproachable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ; (1 Tim. 6:13‑14)

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2 Tim. 4:1• ¹I testify before God and Christ Jesus, who is about to judge living and dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom, (2 Tim. 4:1)

ye have.

1 Thess. 4:11‑12• ¹¹and to seek earnestly to be quiet and mind your own affairs, and work with your own hands, even as we charged you,
¹²that ye may walk reputably towards those without, and may have need of no one. (1 Thess. 4:11‑12)

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Acts 20:27• ²⁷for I have not shrunk from announcing to you all the counsel of God. (Acts 20:27)

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1 Cor. 11:23• ²³For *I* received from the Lord, that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus, in the night in which he was delivered up, took bread, (1 Cor. 11:23)

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1 Cor. 15:1• ¹But I make known to you, brethren, the glad tidings which I announced to you, which also ye received, in which also ye stand, (1 Cor. 15:1)

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Phil. 1:27• ²⁷Only conduct yourselves worthily of the glad tidings of the Christ, in order that whether coming and seeing you, or absent, I may hear of what concerns you, that ye stand firm in one spirit, with one soul, labouring together in the same conflict with the faith of the glad tidings; (Phil. 1:27)

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Col. 2:6• ⁶As therefore ye have received the Christ, Jesus the Lord, walk in him, (Col. 2:6)

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2 Thess. 3:10‑12• ¹⁰For also when we were with you we enjoined you this, that if any man does not like to work, neither let him eat.
¹¹For we hear that there are some walking among you disorderly, not working at all, but busybodies.
¹²Now such we enjoin and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that working quietly they eat their own bread. (2 Thess. 3:10‑12)

ye ought.

1 Thess. 2:12• ¹²that ye should walk worthy of God, who calls you to his own kingdom and glory. (1 Thess. 2:12)

to please.

Rom. 8:8• ⁸and they that are in flesh cannot please God. (Rom. 8:8)

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Rom. 12:2• ²And be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God. (Rom. 12:2)

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Eph. 5:17• ¹⁷For this reason be not foolish, but understanding what is the will of the Lord. (Eph. 5:17)

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Col. 1:10• ¹⁰so as to walk worthily of the Lord unto all well-pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing by the true knowledge of God; (Col. 1:10)

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Heb. 11:6• ⁶But without faith it is impossible to please him. For he that draws near to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them who seek him out. (Heb. 11:6)

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Heb. 13:16• ¹⁶But of doing good and communicating of your substance be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. (Heb. 13:16)

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1 John 3:22• ²²and whatsoever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and practise the things which are pleasing in his sight. (1 John 3:22)

so ye.

1 Thess. 4:10• ¹⁰For also ye do this towards all the brethren in the whole of Macedonia; but we exhort you, brethren, to abound still more, (1 Thess. 4:10)

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Job 17:9• ⁹But the righteous shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall increase in strength. (Job 17:9)

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Psa. 92:14• ¹⁴They are still vigorous in old age, they are full of sap and green; (Psa. 92:14)

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Prov. 4:18• ¹⁸But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come. (Prov. 4:18)

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John 15:2• ²As to every branch in me not bearing fruit, he takes it away; and as to every one bearing fruit, he purges it that it may bring forth more fruit. (John 15:2)

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1 Cor. 15:58• ⁵⁸So then, my beloved brethren, be firm, immovable, abounding always in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord. (1 Cor. 15:58)

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Phil. 1:9• ⁹And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in full knowledge and all intelligence, (Phil. 1:9)

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Phil. 3:14• ¹⁴I pursue, looking towards the goal, for the prize of the calling on high of God in Christ Jesus. (Phil. 3:14)

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2 Thess. 1:3• ³We ought to thank God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, because your faith increases exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all towards one another abounds; (2 Thess. 1:3)

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2 Peter 1:5‑10• ⁵But for this very reason also, using therewith all diligence, in your faith have also virtue, in virtue knowledge,
⁶in knowledge temperance, in temperance endurance, in endurance godliness,
⁷in godliness brotherly love, in brotherly love love:
⁸for these things existing and abounding in you make you to be neither idle nor unfruitful as regards the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ;
⁹for he with whom these things are not present is blind, short-sighted, and has forgotten the purging of his former sins.
¹⁰Wherefore the rather, brethren, use diligence to make your calling and election sure, for doing these things ye will never fall; (2 Peter 1:5‑10)

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2 Peter 3:18• ¹⁸but grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. (2 Peter 3:18)

• Is not His will, His honor, concerned in a walk pleasing to God? He on earth could say, "I do always those things that please Him;" in heaven He is now occupied with those who are following in the same path here below. (“On 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12” by W. Kelly)

• He would exhort them to a similar conduct with all the weight that his own walk gave him, even as he would desire their growth in love according to the affection he had for them (compare Acts 26:29). It is this which gives authority to the exhortation and to all the words of a servant of the Lord. (“1 Thessalonians 4” by J.N. Darby)

• Truth is not merely to inform but to sanctify. (“On 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For the rest, then, brethren, we beg you and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, even as ye have received from us how ye ought to walk and pleasee God, even as ye also do walk, that ye would abound still more.

JND Translation Notes

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I do not say "to please," because then pleasing God would be a distinct object. Here it is rather "to walk so as to please." The point is, the "how," that is, the manner of doing it, not that it ought to be an object, however true that may be.

W. Kelly Translation

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Further, then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus that, as ye received from us how ye ought to walk and please God, even as also ye do walka, ye abound still more.

WK Translation Notes

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There is a short clause omitted in T. R. and the KJV, "even as also ye do walk." The authority for it is overwhelming.