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1 Thessalonians 4:1

“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.”

King James Version (KJV)


Translation Details for 1 Thessalonians 4:1


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. 

Other Translations for 1 Thessalonians 4:1

Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Iesus, that as yee haue receiued of vs, how ye ought to walke, and to please God, so yee would abound more and more.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

Finally then, brethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us {instruction} as to how you ought to walk and please God (just as you actually do walk), that you excel still more.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Finally then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye do walk, --that ye abound more and more.
- American Standard Version (1901)

And last of all, the prayer which we make to you from our heart and in the name of the Lord Jesus, is this: that as we made clear to you what sort of behaviour is pleasing to God, as in fact you are doing now, so you will go on in these ways, but more and more.
- Basic English Bible

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 please God, even as ye also do walk, that ye would abound still more.
- Darby Bible

Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received from us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
- Webster's Bible

Moreover, brethren, as you learnt from our lips the lives which you ought to live, and do live, so as to please God, we beg and exhort you in the name of the Lord Jesus to live them more and more truly.
- Weymouth Bible

Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more.
- World English Bible

Therfor, britheren, fro hennus forward we preien you, and bisechen in the Lord Jhesu, that as ye han resseyued of vs, hou it bihoueth you to go and to plese God, so walke ye, that ye abounde the more.
- Wycliffe Bible

As to the rest, then, brethren, we request you, and call upon you in the Lord Jesus, as ye did receive from us how it behoveth you to walk and to please God, that ye may abound the more,
- Youngs Literal Bible

Bible Commentary for 1 Thessalonians 4:1

Wesley's Notes for 1 Thessalonians 4:1


4:1 More and more - It is not enough to have faith, even so as to please God, unless we abound more and more therein.



People's Bible Notes for 1 Thessalonians 4:1


1Th 4:1 Exhortation to a Godly Life SUMMARY OF I THESSALONIANS 4: Continence Commanded. Brotherly Love Required. Each Should Quietly Follow His Own Business. Not to Sorrow Without Hope for the Dead. They, As Well As the Living Saints, Shall Meet the Lord at His. Coming. Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort [you]. In all Paul's letters to Gentile churches there is a closing exhortation to purity of life and against such sins as Gentiles especially needed to guard against. These exhortations to the Thessalonians begin with the fourth chapter. How ye ought to walk and to please God. He reminds them that he had instructed them how to live to please God.

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