Furthermore then we beseech you, brothers, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as you have received of us how you ought to walk and to please God, so you would abound more and more. Treasury of Scripture we. 1 Thessalonians 2:11 As you know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father does his children, Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God... 2 Corinthians 6:1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that you receive not the grace of God in vain. 2 Corinthians 10:1 Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you... Ephesians 4:1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that you walk worthy of the vocation with which you are called, Philemon 1:9,10 Yet for love's sake I rather beseech you, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ... Hebrews 13:22 And I beseech you, brothers, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter to you in few words. we beseech. or, we request. exhort. or, beseech. by the. ver. 1 Thessalonians 4:2 For you know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. Ephesians 4:20 But you have not so learned Christ; 2 Thessalonians 2:1 Now we beseech you, brothers, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together to him, 1 Timothy 5:21 I charge you before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels... 1 Timothy 6:13,14 I give you charge in the sight of God, who vivifies all things, and before Christ Jesus... 2 Timothy 4:1 I charge you therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; ye have. 1 Thessalonians 4:11,12 And that you study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you... Acts 20:27 For I have not shunned to declare to you all the counsel of God. 1 Corinthians 11:23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered to you... 1 Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brothers, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you have received, and wherein you stand; Philippians 1:27 Only let your conversation be as it becomes the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent... Colossians 2:6 As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk you in him: 2 Thessalonians 3:10-12 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat... ye ought. See on ch. 1 Thessalonians 2:12 That you would walk worthy of God, who has called you to his kingdom and glory. to please. Romans 8:8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be you transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good... Ephesians 5:17 Why be you not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. Colossians 1:10 That you might walk worthy of the Lord to all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that comes to God must believe that he is... Hebrews 13:16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. 1 John 3:22 And whatever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. so ye. 1 Thessalonians 4:10 And indeed you do it toward all the brothers which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brothers, that you increase more and more; Job 17:9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that has clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. Psalm 92:14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; Proverbs 4:18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more to the perfect day. John 15:2 Every branch in me that bears not fruit he takes away: and every branch that bears fruit, he purges it... 1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be you steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord... Philippians 1:9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; Philippians 3:14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 2 Thessalonians 1:3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brothers, as it is meet, because that your faith grows exceedingly... 2 Peter 1:5-10 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge... 2 Peter 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
Context Live to Please God
1Furthermore then we beseech you, brothers, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as you have received of us how you ought to walk and to please God, so you would abound more and more. 2For you know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. 3For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that you should abstain from fornication: 4That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor; 5Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God: 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. 7For God has not called us to uncleanness, but to holiness. 8He therefore that despises, despises not man, but God, who has also given to us his holy Spirit. 9But as touching brotherly love you need not that I write to you: for you yourselves are taught of God to love one another. 10And indeed you do it toward all the brothers which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brothers, that you increase more and more; 11And that you study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; 12That you may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that you may have lack of nothing. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
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.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For the rest therefore, brethren, we pray and beseech you in the Lord Jesus, that as you have received from us, how you ought to walk, and to please God, so also you would walk, that you may abound the more.
Darby Bible Translation
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.
King James Bible
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.
Young's Literal Translation
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,
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