1 Thessalonians 4:1
Finally, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus: you learned from us how you ought to live to please God, and you are living that way. Now do so more and more.
Treated in 5 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Holiness ·
Growth cites 1 Thess. iv. 1
…groweth exceedingly.” (2 Thess. i. 3) “We beseech you that ye increase more and more.” (1 Thess. iv. 10.) “Increasing in the knowledge of God.” (Col. i 10.) “Having hope, when your faith is…
- Absolute Surrender ·
Having Begun in the Spirit cites 1 Thes. 4:1
…“I pray God that you may abound more and more; I write to you to increase more and more” (1 Thes. 4:1,10). But there are other epistles where he takes a very different tone, especially the…
- The Key Teachings of Elisabeth Elliot ·
Passion and Purity cites 1 Thessalonians 4:1–8
…never fully placed under Christ’s lordship? Name it, and offer it to Him today. 2. Read 1 Thessalonians 4:1–8, and ask honestly whether your conduct and your imagination honour God. 3. If you are…
- Holiness ·
Sanctification cites 1 Thess. iv. 1
…to do; and “abound more and more,” according to the words of St. Paul. (2 Pet. iii. 18; 1 Thess. iv. 1.) (8) Sanctification, again, is a thing which depends greatly on a diligent use of…
- Holiness ·
Assurance cites 1 Thess. iv. 1
…every returning birthday, and at the beginning of every year, should be, “More and more” (1 Thess. iv. 1): more knowledge—more faith—more obedience—more love. If we have brought forth…