1 THESSALONIANS 4:1 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 2
“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.”
Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to live and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more — the paraenetic turn shifts from encouragement to exhortation; the community is already living well ('just as you are doing') but must intensify (perisseuō). 'Please God' (aresko tō theō) becomes the supreme ethical metric. Progress in sanctity is the mark of authentic faith.
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