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.
¶ 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.
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- ‖Alternative wordingOr, request
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, beseech
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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;
3Wee are bound to thanke God alwayes for you, brethren, as it is meete, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charitie of euery one of you al towards each other aboundeth:
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- 2 Peter 1:5–10Rank 5 from verse 1
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:
5And besides this, giuing all diligence, adde to your faith, vertue; and to vertue knowledge;
6And to knowledge, temperance; and to temperance, patience; and to patience, godlinesse;
7And to godlinesse, brotherly kindnesse; and to brotherly kindnesse, charitie.
8For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that yee shall neither be barren, nor vnfruitfull in the knowledge of our Lord Iesus Christ.
9But hee that lacketh these things, is blind, and cannot see farre off, and hath forgotten that hee was purged from his old sinnes.
10Wherefore, the rather, brethren, giue diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye doe these things, ye shall neuer fall.
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- 1 Thessalonians 4:10–12Rank 7 from verse 1
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;
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.
10And in deed ye doe it towards all the brethren, which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more:
11And that ye studie to be quiet, and to doe your owne businesse, and to worke with your owne hands, (as wee commanded you:)
12That ye may walke honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may haue lacke of ‖nothing.
- Romans 12:1–2Rank 8 from verse 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.
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.
1¶ I beseech you therefore brethren, by the mercies of God, that yee present your bodies a liuing sacrifice, holy, acceptable vnto God, which is your reasonable seruice.
2And bee not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renuing of your minde, that ye may proue what is that good, that acceptable and perfect will of God.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:12Rank 9 from verse 1
- Philippians 3:14Rank 10 from verse 1
- 1 Corinthians 15:58Rank 11 from verse 1
58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
58Therefore my beloued brethren, be yee stedfast, vnmoueable, alwayes abounding in the worke of the Lord, forasmuch as you know that your labour is not in vaine in the Lord.
- 1 John 3:22Rank 12 from verse 1
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11As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
12That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
11As you know, how wee exhorted and comforted, and charged euery one of you, (as a father doeth his children,)
12That ye would walke worthy of God, who hath called you vnto his kingdome and glory.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:1Rank 17 from verse 1
- 2 Thessalonians 3:1Rank 18 from verse 1
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- Philippians 1:27Rank 21 from verse 1
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;
27Onely let your conuersation bee as it becommeth the Gospel of Christ, that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may heare of your affaires, that yee stand fast in one spirit, with one minde, striuing together for the faith of the Gospel,
- Psalms 92:14Rank 22 from verse 1
- 1 Thessalonians 4:2Rank 23 from verse 1
- 2 Corinthians 5:9Rank 24 from verse 1
- 2 Thessalonians 3:10–12Rank 25 from verse 1
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.
10For euen when wee were with you, this wee commanded you, that if any would not worke, neither should he eate.
11For we heare that there are some which walke among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busi-bodies.
12Now them that are such, we command, and exhort by our Lord Iesus Christ, that with quietnesse they worke, and eat their owne bread.
- Philemon 1:9–10Rank 26 from verse 1
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:
9Yet for loues sake I rather beseech thee, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Iesus Christ.
10I beseech thee for my sonne Onesimus, whome I haue begotten in my bonds,
- Proverbs 4:18Rank 27 from verse 1
- Romans 8:8Rank 28 from verse 1
- 1 Corinthians 11:23Rank 29 from verse 1
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- 1 Timothy 6:13–14Rank 31 from verse 1
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:
13I giue thee charge in the sight of God, who quickneth all things, and before Christ Iesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good ‖Confession,
14That thou keepe this commandement without spot, vnrebukeable, vntill the appearing of our Lord Iesus Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 10:1Rank 32 from verse 1
- 2 Corinthians 6:1Rank 33 from verse 1
- Acts 20:27Rank 34 from verse 1
- Ephesians 4:20Rank 35 from verse 1
- Ephesians 5:17Rank 36 from verse 1
- Hebrews 11:6Rank 37 from verse 1
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.
6But without faith it is impossible to please him: for hee that commeth to God, must beleeue that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seeke him.
- 1 Timothy 5:21Rank 38 from verse 1
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.
21I charge thee before God, and the Lord Iesus Christ, and the elect Angels, that thou obserue these things ‖without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partialitie.
- 2 Timothy 4:1Rank 39 from verse 1
- Hebrews 13:22Rank 40 from verse 1
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1 Thessalonians 4:1
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furthermore
Moreover; in addition.
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To ask, request, entreat, or implore earnestly.
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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.
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1. Persons of the same people, tribe, community, or shared service who are regarded or addressed as brothers. 2. Persons regarded as brothers by reason of faith or another spiritual relation. 3. Male siblings or other male relatives.
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To urge, call upon, encourage, admonish, beseech, or charge earnestly.
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1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.
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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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Past-tense or past-participial form of receive (to take, accept, admit, welcome, or obtain).
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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.
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Should or is bound to; expresses duty, fitness, or necessity.
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Sense 1: To give pleasure or satisfaction to; to be agreeable or acceptable to; to gratify. Sense 2: To choose, desire, will, or see fit.
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The one true God.
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To be plentiful, full, or in excess; to increase, overflow, or possess or supply in abundance.
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4:1FURTHERMORE 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.
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.
Selected passage4:2For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
4:2For yee know what commandements wee gaue you, by the Lord Iesus.
4:3For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
4:3For this is the will of God, euen your sanctification, that yee should absteine from fornication:
4:4That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
4:4That euery one of you should know how to possesse his vessell in sanctification and honour:
4:5Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
4:5Not in the lust of concupiscence, euen as the Gentiles which know not God:
4:6That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
4:6That no man goe beyond and ‖defraud his brother ‖in any matter, because that the Lord is the auenger of all such; as we also haue forewarned you, and testified:
4:7For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
4:7For God hath not called vs vnto vncleannesse, but vnto holinesse.
4:8He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
4:8He therefore that ‖despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also giuen vnto vs his holy Spirit.