1 Thessalonians 4:1
And last of all, the prayer which we make to you from our heart and in the name of the Lord Jesus, is this: that as we made clear to you what sort of behaviour is pleasing to God, as in fact you are doing now, so you will go on in these ways, but more and more.
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1 Thessalonians 4:1
And last of all, the prayer which we make to you from our heart and in the name of the Lord Jesus, is this: that as we made clear to you what sort of behaviour is pleasing to God, as in fact you are doing now, so you will go on in these ways, but more and more.
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1 Thessalonians 4:9
But about loving the brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you in this letter: for you have the teaching of God that love for one another is right and necessary;
1 Thessalonians 4:10
And, truly, you are lovers of all the brothers in Macedonia; but it is our desire that your love may be increased still more;
Philippians 1:9
And my prayer is that you may be increased more and more in knowledge and experience;
2 Peter 1:5
So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue,
2 Peter 1:6
And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind,
2 Peter 1:7
And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself.
2 Peter 1:8
For if you have these things in good measure, they will make you fertile and full of fruit in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 3:18
But be increased in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. May he have glory now and for ever. So be it.
Proverbs 4:18
But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.
2 Thessalonians 1:3
It is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, because of the great increase of your faith, and the wealth of your love for one another;
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Colossians 2:6
As, then, you took Christ Jesus the Lord, so go on in him,
2 Corinthians 13:11
Let this be my last word, brothers; be glad; be complete; be comforted; be of the same mind; be at peace with one another: and the God of love and peace will be with you.
1 John 2:6
He who says that he is living in him, will do as he did.
Ephesians 6:10
Lastly, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his power.
Philippians 3:1
For the rest, my brothers, be glad in the Lord. Writing the same things to you is no trouble to me, and for you it is safe.
Philippians 3:13
Brothers, it is clear to me that I have not come to that knowledge; but one thing I do, letting go those things which are past, and stretching out to the things which are before,
Philippians 3:14
I go forward to the mark, even the reward of the high purpose of God in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:8
For the rest, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things have honour, whatever things are upright, whatever things are holy, whatever things are beautiful, whatever things are of value, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, give thought to these things.
Colossians 3:17
And whatever you do, in word or in act, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving praise to God the Father through him.
1 Thessalonians 4:6
And that no man may make attempts to get the better of his brother in business: for the Lord is the judge in all these things, as we said to you before and gave witness.
Hebrews 13:21
Make you full of every good work and ready to do all his desires, working in us whatever is pleasing in his eyes through Jesus Christ; and may the glory be given to him for ever and ever. So be it.
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1 Thessalonians 4:3
For the purpose of God for you is this: that you may be holy, and may keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh;
Romans 12:1
For this reason I make request to you, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you will give your bodies as a living offering, holy, pleasing to God, which is the worship it is right for you to give him.
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1 Corinthians 15:1
Now I am going to make clear to you, my brothers, what the good news was which I gave to you, and which you took, and on which your faith is based,
2 Thessalonians 2:15
So then, brothers, be strong in purpose, and keep the teaching which has been given to you by word or by letter from us.
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Proverbs 16:7
When a man's ways are pleasing to the Lord, he makes even his haters be at peace with him.
Matthew 3:17
And a voice came out of heaven, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
John 8:29
He who sent me is with me; he has not gone from me, because at all times I do the things which are pleasing to him.
1 Thessalonians 2:3
For our witness does not come from error or from an unclean heart or from deceit:
1 Thessalonians 2:4
But even as the good news was given to us by the approval of God, so we give it out; not as pleasing men, but God by whom our hearts are tested.
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1 Thessalonians 2:11
Even as you saw how, like a father with his children, we were teaching and comforting you all, and giving witness,
1 Thessalonians 5:11
So then, go on comforting and building up one another, as you have been doing.
1 Thessalonians 5:12
But we make this request to you, my brothers: give attention to those who are working among you, who are over you in the Lord to keep order among you;
Hebrews 13:22
But, brothers, take kindly the words which I have said for your profit; for I have not sent you a long letter.
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1 Timothy 5:21
I give you orders before God and Christ Jesus and the angels of God's selection, to keep these orders without giving thought to one side more than another.
2 Timothy 4:1
I give you orders, before God and Christ Jesus, who will be the judge of the living and the dead, and by his revelation and his kingdom;
1 Thessalonians 4:14
For if we have faith that Jesus underwent death and came back again, even so those who are sleeping will come again with him by God's power.
2 Thessalonians 2:1
Now as to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, and our meeting with him, it is our desire, my brothers,
1 Timothy 6:13
I give you orders before God, the giver of life, and Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate gave witness to the faith,
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Deuteronomy 4:1
And now give ear, O Israel, to the laws and the decisions which I am teaching you, and do them; so that life may be yours, and you may go in and take for yourselves the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
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Deuteronomy 4:5
I have been teaching you laws and decisions, as I was ordered to do by the Lord my God, so that you might keep them in the land to which you are going to take it for your heritage.
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Psalms 119:6
Then I would not be put to shame, as long as I have respect for all your teaching.
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Romans 12:2
And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.
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2 Thessalonians 3:1
For the rest, my brothers, let there be prayer for us that the word of the Lord may go forward with increasing glory, even as it does with you;
2 Thessalonians 3:4
And we have faith in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do the things about which we give you orders.
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