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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• ¹⁰That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; (Col. 1:10)

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1 Cor. 15:58• ⁵⁸Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. (1 Cor. 15:58)

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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 we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, (1 Thess. 2:11)

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Rom. 12:1• ¹I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. (Rom. 12:1)

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2 Cor. 6:1• ¹We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. (2 Cor. 6:1)

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2 Cor. 10:1• ¹Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you: (2 Cor. 10:1)

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Eph. 4:1• ¹I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, (Eph. 4:1)

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

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Heb. 13:22• ²²And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words. (Heb. 13:22)

we beseech.

or, we request.

exhort.

or, beseech.

by the.

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

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Eph. 4:20• ²⁰But ye have not so learned Christ; (Eph. 4:20)

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

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1 Tim. 5:21• ²¹I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality. (1 Tim. 5:21)

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1 Tim. 6:13‑14• ¹³I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;
¹⁴That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: (1 Tim. 6:13‑14)

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2 Tim. 4:1• ¹I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; (2 Tim. 4:1)

ye have.

1 Thess. 4:11‑12• ¹¹And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
¹²That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing. (1 Thess. 4:11‑12)

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Acts 20:27• ²⁷For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. (Acts 20:27)

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1 Cor. 11:23• ²³For 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: (1 Cor. 11:23)

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1 Cor. 15:1• ¹Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; (1 Cor. 15:1)

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Phil. 1:27• ²⁷Only let your conversation be as it becometh 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, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; (Phil. 1:27)

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

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2 Thess. 3:10‑12• ¹⁰For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
¹¹For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
¹²Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread. (2 Thess. 3:10‑12)

ye ought.

1 Thess. 2:12• ¹²That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. (1 Thess. 2:12)

to please.

Rom. 8:8• ⁸So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. (Rom. 8:8)

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

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Eph. 5:17• ¹⁷Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. (Eph. 5:17)

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Col. 1:10• ¹⁰That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the 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 cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. (Heb. 11:6)

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Heb. 13:16• ¹⁶But to do good and to communicate forget not: 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 of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. (1 John 3:22)

so ye.

1 Thess. 4:10• ¹⁰And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more; (1 Thess. 4:10)

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Job 17:9• ⁹The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. (Job 17:9)

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Psa. 92:14• ¹⁴They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; (Psa. 92:14)

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Prov. 4:18• ¹⁸But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. (Prov. 4:18)

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John 15:2• ²Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. (John 15:2)

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1 Cor. 15:58• ⁵⁸Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor 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 knowledge and in all judgment; (Phil. 1:9)

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Phil. 3:14• ¹⁴I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. (Phil. 3:14)

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2 Thess. 1:3• ³We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth; (2 Thess. 1:3)

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2 Peter 1:5‑10• ⁵And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
⁶And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
⁷And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
⁸For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
⁹But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
¹⁰Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall 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 for ever. 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.

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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.