1 Thessalonians 4:10
8 Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.
9 Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
And you are indeed showing this love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel more and more
11 and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
12 Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, without being dependent on anyone.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- And you are indeed showing this love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel more and more
- 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;
- WEB
- for indeed you do it toward all the brothers who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, that you abound more and more;
- ASV
- for indeed ye do it toward all the brethren that are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brethren, that ye abound more and more;
- DARBY
- For also ye do this towards all the brethren in the whole of Macedonia; but we exhort you, brethren, to abound still more,
- BLB
- For also you⁺ are doing this to all the brothers, the ones in all Macedonia. But we exhort you⁺, brothers, to abound more,
- ÅB
- Dere gjør det jo også mot alle brødrene i hele Makedonia. Dog formaner vi dere, brødre, at dere må ha enda mer fremgang i dette,
- OTB
- for dere viser virkelig denne kjærligheten til alle brødrene og søstrene i hele Makedonia. Likevel oppmuntrer vi dere, brødre og søstre, til å utmerke dere enda mer,
- B1930
- I gjør det jo også mot alle brødrene i hele Makedonia. Dog formaner vi eder, brødre, at I enn mere gjør fremgang deri,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Philippians 1:9
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
Read in context1 Thessalonians 3:12
And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows,
Read in context2 Thessalonians 1:3
We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 1:7
As a result, you have become an example to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia.
Read in context2 Corinthians 8:1–2
Now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the churches of Macedonia.
Read in context2 Corinthians 8:8–10
I am not making a demand, but I am testing the sincerity of your love in comparison to the earnestness of others.
Read in contextPhilippians 3:13–15
Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,
Read in contextColossians 1:4
because we have heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all the saints—
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