1 Thessalonians 4:10 Cross References - RKJNT

¹⁰ And indeed you do love all the brethren who are in all Macedonia: but we urge you, brethren, that you do so more and more;

¹ And now, brethren, we want you to know of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; ² For during a great test of affliction, the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty overflowed in a wealth of liberality.

⁸ I do not speak this as a commandment, but to use the zeal of others to test the sincerity of your own love. ⁹ For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that through his poverty you might become rich. ¹⁰ And here I give my advice about what is best for you: a year ago you were the first not only to give, but to desire to do so.

¹⁵ Therefore, I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love for all the saints,

⁹ And this I pray, that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and in all discernment;

¹³ Brethren, I do not consider myself to have laid hold of it yet: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth to those things which are ahead, ¹⁴ I press on toward the goal for the prize, to which God has called me upward in Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ Therefore, let us, as many as are mature, be of this mind: and if in anything you are of a different mind, God shall also reveal this to you.

⁴ Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which you have for all the saints,

⁷ So that you became an example to all who believe in Macedonia and Achaia.

¹² And may the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:

¹ Furthermore, we urge you, brethren, and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you have learned from us how you ought to walk and to please God, as indeed you are doing, so you would do more and more.

³ We ought always to thank God for you, brethren, as is fitting, because your faith grows abundantly, and the love of every one of you for each other grows greater;

⁵ Because I hear of your love and faith, which you have toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all the saints; ⁶ And I pray that the sharing of your faith may promote the knowledge of every good thing which is ours in Christ Jesus. ⁷ For we have great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother.

¹⁸ But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever. Amen.