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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• ¹⁰to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, in every good work bearing fruit, and increasing in the full knowledge of God, (Col. 1:10)

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1 Cor. 15:58• ⁵⁸Wherefore, my brethren beloved, be firm, immoveable, abounding in the work of the Lord always, knowing that your toil is not empty in [the] Lord. (1 Cor. 15:58)

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God,

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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.

we.

1 Thess. 2:11• ¹¹just as ye know how each one of you as a father his own children, we [were] exhorting you, and comforting, and testifying (1 Thess. 2:11)

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Rom. 12:1• ¹I exhort you then, brethren, by the mercies of God to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, your intelligent service; (Rom. 12:1)

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2 Cor. 6:1• ¹And working together we also beseech that ye receive not in vain the grace of God (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, [I] who face to face [am] mean among you but absent am bold toward you( (2 Cor. 10:1)

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Eph. 4:1• ¹I exhort you therefore, I the prisoner in [the] Lord, that ye walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called, (Eph. 4:1)

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

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Heb. 13:22• ²²But I exhort you, brethren, bear with the word of exhortation, for also briefly do I write 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 beseech you, brethren, for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together unto 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 apart from prejudice, doing nothing according to partiality. (1 Tim. 5:21)

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1 Tim. 6:13‑14• ¹³I charge [thee] in the sight of God that keepeth all things alive, and Christ Jesus that 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 earnestly before God and Christ Jesus that 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 that ye make it your aim to be quiet and mind your own affairs and work with your own hands, even as we charged you,
¹²that ye may walk honourably toward those without, and may have need of nothing. (1 Thess. 4:11‑12)

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Acts 20:27• ²⁷For I shrank not 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 being delivered up, took bread; (1 Cor. 11:23)

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1 Cor. 15:1• ¹And I make known to you, brethren, the gospel 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 gospel of Christ; that, whether coming and seeing you or absent, I may hear of your concerns, that ye stand in one spirit, with one soul striving together with the faith of the gospel; (Phil. 1:27)

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

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2 Thess. 3:10‑12• ¹⁰For even when we were with you, this we charged you, that if any will not work, neither let him eat.
¹¹For we hear of some walking among you disorderly, doing no business, but busybodies.
¹²Now those that are such we charge and exhort in [the] 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 should walk worthily of God that calleth you unto his own kingdom and glory. (1 Thess. 2:12)

to please.

Rom. 8:8• ⁸but those that are in flesh cannot please God. (Rom. 8:8)

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Rom. 12:2• ²and not to fashion yourselves to this age but to be transformed by the renewing of the 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• ¹⁷On this account be not foolish, but understanding what the will of the Lord [is]. (Eph. 5:17)

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Col. 1:10• ¹⁰to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, in every good work bearing fruit, and increasing in the full knowledge of God, (Col. 1:10)

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Heb. 11:6• ⁶But apart from faith [it is] impossible to please [him], for he that approacheth to God must believe that he is, and becometh a rewarder of those that seek him out. (Heb. 11:6)

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Heb. 13:16• ¹⁶But to do good and 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 from him, because we keep his commandments, and do the things pleasing in his sight. (1 John 3:22)

so ye.

1 Thess. 4:10• ¹⁰for, indeed, ye do it toward all the brethren that are in the whole of Macedonia. But we exhort you, brethren, that ye abound still more, (1 Thess. 4:10)

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Job 17:9• (Job 17:9)

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Psa. 92:14• (Psa. 92:14)

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Prov. 4:18• (Prov. 4:18)

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

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1 Cor. 15:58• ⁵⁸Wherefore, my brethren beloved, be firm, immoveable, abounding in the work of the Lord always, knowing that your toil is not empty 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• ¹⁴but one thing(for-getting the things behind, and stretching out to the things before, I pursue goalward unto the prize of the calling on high of God in Christ Jesus. (Phil. 3:14)

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2 Thess. 1:3• ³We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, because your faith increaseth exceedingly, and the love of each of you all toward one another aboundeth; (2 Thess. 1:3)

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2 Peter 1:5‑10• ⁵But for this very thing also, bringing in besides all diligence, in your faith supply virtue, and in virtue knowledge,
⁶and in knowledge temperance, and in temperance endurance, and in endurance godliness,
⁷and in godliness brotherly affection, and in brotherly affection love:
⁸For these things being in you and abounding make [you] not idle nor unfruitful for the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ:
⁹for he with whom they are not present is blind, shortsighted, having forgotten the cleansing of his old sins.
¹⁰Wherefore the rather, brethren, use diligence to make your calling and election sure; for in doing these things ye shall never stumble. (2 Peter 1:5‑10)

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2 Peter 3:18• ¹⁸But grow in grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: to him [be] the glory both now and unto eternity's day. 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.