1 Thessalonians 4:10
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;
1 Thessalonians 4:10 in other translations
| BSB | And you are indeed showing this love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel more and more |
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| 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; |
| YLT | for ye do it also to all the brethren who are in all Macedonia; and we call upon you, brethren, to abound still 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, |
| BBE | And, truly, you are lovers of all the brothers in Macedonia; but it is our desire that your love may be increased still more; |
| Webster | And indeed ye do it towards all the brethren who are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more; |
What does 1 Thessalonians 4:10 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
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Barnes' Notes
But we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more. 1Thes 3:12. Here, as elsewhere, the apostle makes the fact that they deserved commendation for what they had done, a stimulant to arouse them to still higher attainments. Bloomfield.
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Thessalonians 4:9-12
We should notice in others what is good, to their praise, that we may engage them to abound therein more and more. All who are savingly taught of God, are taught to love one another. The teaching of the Spirit exceeds the teachings of men; and men's teaching is vain and useless, unless God teach. Those remarkable for this or any other grace, need to increase therein, as well as to persevere to the end. It is very…
1 Thessalonians 4:10 in the original Greek
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Cross references for 1 Thessalonians 4:10
- Philippians 1:9
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
- 1 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:
- 2 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;
- 1 Thessalonians 1:7
So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.
- 2 Corinthians 8:1-2
Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
- 2 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. For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.
- Philippians 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, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
- Colossians 1:4
Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,
- 1 Thessalonians 4:1
Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
- 2 Peter 3:18
But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
- Philemon 1:5-7
Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints; That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus. For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
- Ephesians 1:15
Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
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- 1 Thessalonians 4:9
But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:10
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;
- 1 Thessalonians 4:11
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
1 Thessalonians 4:10 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y también lo hacéis así con todos los hermanos que están por toda Macedonia. Empero os rogamos, hermanos, que abundéis más; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | car aussi c’est ce que vous faites à l’égard de tous les frères qui sont dans toute la Macédoine; mais nous vous exhortons, frères, à y abonder de plus en plus, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | denn das tut ihr auch gegen alle Brüder, die in ganz Macedonien sind. Wir ermahnen euch aber, Brüder, reichlicher zuzunehmen |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Etenim illud facitis in omnes fratres in universa Macedonia. Rogamus autem vos, fratres, ut abundetis magis, |