"And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase m…" — 1 Thessalonians 4:10

1 Thessalonians 4:10 · KJV

“And 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 Thessalonians 4:10

Verse 9

But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

Verse 11

And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

1 Thessalonians 4 — Context

He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit. {despiseth: or, rejecteth}

But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;

And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and {that} ye may have lack of nothing. {of...: or, of no man}

Cross References

Philippians 1:9

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and {in} all judgment; {judgment: or, sense}

1 Thessalonians 3:12

And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all {men}, even as we {do} toward you:

2 Thessalonians 1:3

We 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;

1 Thessalonians 1:7

So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.

2 Corinthians 8:1-2

Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;

2 Corinthians 8:8-10

I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.

Philippians 3:13-15

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but {this} one thing {I do}, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

2 Peter 3:18

But grow in grace, and {in} the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him {be} glory both now and for ever. Amen.