1 Thes 4:1 Cross References

1 Thessalonians 4:1

1: Finally, dear brothers and sisters, we urge you in the name of the Lord Jesus to live in a way that pleases God, as we have taught you. You are doing this already, and we encourage you to do so more and more.

Colossians 1:10

  1. Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and you will continually do good, kind things for others. All the while, you will learn to know God better and better.

2 Thessalonians 1:3

  1. Dear brothers and sisters, we always thank God for you, as is right, for we are thankful that your faith is flourishing and you are all growing in love for each other.

2 Peter 3:18

  1. But grow in the special favor and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be all glory and honor, both now and forevermore. Amen.

Hebrews 13:16

  1. Don't forget to do good and to share what you have with those in need, for such sacrifices are very pleasing to God.

Philippians 1:9

  1. I pray that your love for each other will overflow more and more, and that you will keep on growing in your knowledge and understanding.

2 Peter 1:5

  1. So make every effort to apply the benefits of these promises to your life. Then your faith will produce a life of moral excellence. A life of moral excellence leads to knowing God better.
  2. Knowing God leads to self-control. Self-control leads to patient endurance, and patient endurance leads to godliness.
  3. Godliness leads to love for other Christians, and finally you will grow to have genuine love for everyone.
  4. The more you grow like this, the more you will become productive and useful in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  5. But those who fail to develop these virtues are blind or, at least, very shortsighted. They have already forgotten that God has cleansed them from their old life of sin.

Romans 12:1

  1. And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice--the kind he will accept. When you think of what he has done for you, is this too much to ask?
  2. Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will know what God wants you to do, and you will know how good and pleasing and perfect his will really is.

2 Corinthians 13:11

  1. Dear brothers and sisters, I close my letter with these last words: Rejoice. Change your ways. Encourage each other. Live in harmony and peace. Then the God of love and peace will be with you.

1 Thessalonians 3:12

  1. And may the Lord make your love grow and overflow to each other and to everyone else, just as our love overflows toward you.

Ephesians 4:1

  1. Therefore I, a prisoner for serving the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God.

1 John 3:22

  1. And we will receive whatever we request because we obey him and do the things that please him.

Philippians 3:14

  1. I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us up to heaven.

Colossians 2:6

  1. And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to live in obedience to him.

Philemon 1:9

  1. but because of our love, I prefer just to ask you. So take this as a request from your friend Paul, an old man, now in prison for the sake of Christ Jesus.
  2. My plea is that you show kindness to Onesimus. I think of him as my own son because he became a believer as a result of my ministry here in prison.

John 15:2

  1. He cuts off every branch that doesn't produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more.

Job 17:9

  1. The righteous will move onward and forward, and those with pure hearts will become stronger and stronger.

2 Thessalonians 3:1

  1. Finally, dear brothers and sisters, I ask you to pray for us. Pray first that the Lord's message will spread rapidly and be honored wherever it goes, just as when it came to you.

Philippians 1:27

  1. But whatever happens to me, you must live in a manner worthy of the Good News about Christ, as citizens of heaven. Then, whether I come and see you again or only hear about you, I will know that you are standing side by side, fighting together for the Good News.

1 Thessalonians 2:11

  1. And you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children.
  2. We pleaded with you, encouraged you, and urged you to live your lives in a way that God would consider worthy. For he called you into his Kingdom to share his glory.

2 Thessalonians 2:1

  1. And now, brothers and sisters, let us tell you about the coming again of our Lord Jesus Christ and how we will be gathered together to meet him.

1 Thessalonians 4:10

  1. Indeed, your love is already strong toward all the Christians in all of Macedonia. Even so, dear brothers and sisters, we beg you to love them more and more.
  2. This should be your ambition: to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands, just as we commanded you before.
  3. As a result, people who are not Christians will respect the way you live, and you will not need to depend on others to meet your financial needs.

Proverbs 4:18

  1. The way of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, which shines ever brighter until the full light of day.

1 Corinthians 15:58

  1. So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and steady, always enthusiastic about the Lord's work, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless.

Psalms 92:14

  1. Even in old age they will still produce fruit; they will remain vital and green.

Romans 8:8

  1. That's why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can never please God.

2 Corinthians 5:9

  1. So our aim is to please him always, whether we are here in this body or away from this body.

1 Thessalonians 4:2

  1. For you remember what we taught you in the name of the Lord Jesus.

Hebrews 11:6

  1. So, you see, it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that there is a God and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him.

Ephesians 4:20

  1. But that isn't what you were taught when you learned about Christ.

1 Timothy 6:13

  1. And I command you before God, who gives life to all, and before Christ Jesus, who gave a good testimony before Pontius Pilate,
  2. that you obey his commands with all purity. Then no one can find fault with you from now until our Lord Jesus Christ returns.

1 Corinthians 15:1

  1. Now let me remind you, dear brothers and sisters, of the Good News I preached to you before. You welcomed it then and still do now, for your faith is built on this wonderful message.

1 Timothy 5:21

  1. I solemnly command you in the presence of God and Christ Jesus and the holy angels to obey these instructions without taking sides or showing special favor to anyone.

2 Thessalonians 3:10

  1. Even while we were with you, we gave you this rule: "Whoever does not work should not eat."
  2. Yet we hear that some of you are living idle lives, refusing to work and wasting time meddling in other people's business.
  3. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we appeal to such people--no, we command them: Settle down and get to work. Earn your own living.

Acts 20:27

  1. for I didn't shrink from declaring all that God wants for you.

1 Corinthians 11:23

  1. For this is what the Lord himself said, and I pass it on to you just as I received it. On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took a loaf of bread,

2 Corinthians 10:1

  1. Now I, Paul, plead with you. I plead with the gentleness and kindness that Christ himself would use, even though some of you say I am bold in my letters but timid in person.

Hebrews 13:22

  1. I urge you, dear brothers and sisters, please listen carefully to what I have said in this brief letter.

Ephesians 5:17

  1. Don't act thoughtlessly, but try to understand what the Lord wants you to do.

2 Corinthians 6:1

  1. As God's partners, we beg you not to reject this marvelous message of God's great kindness.

2 Timothy 4:1

  1. And so I solemnly urge you before God and before Christ Jesus--who will someday judge the living and the dead when he appears to set up his Kingdom:
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