1 Thessalonians 4:10
8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
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;
11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
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 I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
Read in context1 Thessalonians 3:12
And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:
Read in context2 Thessalonians 1:3
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;
Read in context1 Thessalonians 1:7
So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.
Read in context2 Corinthians 8:1–2
Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
Read in context2 Corinthians 8:8–10
I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
Read in contextPhilippians 3:13–15
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
Read in contextColossians 1:4
Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,
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