1 Thessalonians 4:1 Cross References - TKJU

¹ Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as you have received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, so you would abound more and more.

⁹ The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that has clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

¹⁴ They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;flourishing: In Hebrew, green

¹⁸ But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more to the perfect day.

² Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away: And every branch that bears fruit, He purges it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

²⁷ For I have not shunned to declare to you all the counsel of God.

⁸ So then, those that are in the flesh cannot please God.

¹ I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. ² And do not be conformed to this world: But be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.

²³ For I have received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread:

¹ Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, and in which you stand;

⁵⁸ Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, seeing you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

⁹ Therefore we labor, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted by Him.

¹ We then, as workers together with Him, beseech you also that you do not receive the grace of God in vain.

¹ Now I, Paul, myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you:

¹¹ Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.

¹ I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the vocation in which you are called,

²⁰ But you have not so learned Christ;

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

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

²⁷ Only let your conversation be in accord with the gospel of Christ: That whether I come and see you, or else am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

¹⁴ I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

¹⁰ that you might walk worthy of the Lord as always pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

⁶ Therefore, as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him:

¹¹ As you know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father does his children, ¹² that you would walk worthy of God, who has called you into His kingdom and glory.

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

² For you know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

¹⁰ And indeed you do it toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia: But we beseech you, brethren, that you increase more and more; ¹¹ and that you study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; ¹² that you may walk honestly toward those who are outside, and that you may lack nothing.

³ We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you abounds toward each other;

¹ Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together to Him,

¹ Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free run, and be glorified, even as it is with you:

¹⁰ For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: That if anyone would not work, neither should he eat. ¹¹ For we hear that there are some who walk among you disorderly, not working at all, but are busybodies. ¹² Now those who are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

²¹ I charge you before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that you observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.

¹³ I authoritatively give you instructions in the sight of God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who witnessed a good confession before Pontius Pilate; ¹⁴ that you keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:

¹ Therefore, I charge you before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom:

⁹ yet for love's sake I rather beseech you, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ. ¹⁰ I beseech you for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my chains:

⁶ But without faith it is impossible to please Him: For he that comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those that diligently seek Him.

¹⁶ But do not forget to do good and to communicate: For with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

²² And I beseech you, brethren, bear with the word of exhortation: For I have written a letter to you in few words.

⁵ And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; ⁶ and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; ⁷ and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness love. ⁸ For if these things are in you, and abound, they make you such that you shall be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ But he that lacks these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and has forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. ¹⁰ Therefore better yet, brethren, be diligent to make your calling and election sure: For if you do these things, you shall never fall:

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

²² And whatever we ask, we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.