1 Thessalonians 4:1 Cross References - Common

¹ Finally, brethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you learned from us how you ought to live and to please God, just as you are doing, you do so more and more.

² Every branch in me that bears no fruit he takes away; and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, so that it may bear more fruit.

²⁷ For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.

⁸ and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

¹ I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. ² Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

²³ For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread,

¹ Now I would remind you, brethren, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand,

⁵⁸ Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

⁹ So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.

¹ Working together with him, then, we urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

¹ I, Paul, myself urge you, by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold to you when I am away!

¹¹ Finally, brethren, farewell. Aim for perfection, listen to my appeal, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.

¹ I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called,

²⁰ But you did not learn Christ in this way,

¹⁷ Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

⁹ And this is my prayer, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment,

²⁷ Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you stand firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel,

¹⁴ I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

¹⁰ so that you will live a life worthy of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.

⁶ Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so live in him,

¹¹ for you know how, as a father with his own children, we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you ¹² to live a life worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.

¹² and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you,

² For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

¹⁰ and indeed you do love all the brethren throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brethren, to do so more and more. ¹¹ Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, ¹² so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anyone.

³ We ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, as is fitting, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.

¹ Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to him, we beg you, brethren,

¹ Finally, brethren, pray for us that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it did also with you,

¹⁰ For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If anyone will not work, he shall not eat." ¹¹ For we hear that some among you are leading an undisciplined life, not doing any work at all, but acting like busybodies. ¹² Now such persons we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to work in quiet fashion and earn their own bread to eat.

²¹ I charge you, in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels, to keep these instructions without partiality, doing nothing out of favoritism.

¹³ I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who made the good confession before Pontius Pilate, ¹⁴ to keep the commandment without stain or reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,

¹ I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:

⁹ yet for love's sake I rather appeal to yousince I am such a person as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus ¹⁰ 10 I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment.

⁶ And without faith it is impossible to please God, for anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

¹⁶ Do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

²² I urge you, brethren, bear with my word of exhortation, for I have written to you briefly.

⁵ For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge, ⁶ and to knowledge, self-control, and to self-control, perseverance, and to perseverance, godliness, ⁷ and to godliness, brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness, love. ⁸ For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ For whoever lacks these things is blind and shortsighted, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins. ¹⁰ Therefore, brethren, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall;

¹⁸ But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

²² and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.