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.
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That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
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;
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.
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)Here we have, I. An exhortation to abound in holiness, to abound more and more in that which is good, 1 Thess. 4:1 , 2 . We may observe, 1. The manner in which the exhortation is given—very affectionately. The apostle entreats them as brethren; he calls them so, and loved them as such. Because his love to them was very great, he exhorts them very earnestly: We beseech and exhort you . The apostle…
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