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James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 4:1

‘TO PLEASE GOD’‘To please God.’ 1 Thessalonians 4:1 A truly human and familiar expression is this! In such language Scripture appeals to the common sentiments of our human nature. It is sometimes thought derogatory to the Divine Being that the thoughts and emotions of our human nature should be attributed to Him. But God made man in His own image, and we may to some extent reason from the human to the divine. I. God’s condescension and grace.—It must be borne in mind that God has a right to... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:1

‘Finally then, brothers and sisters, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received of us how you ought to walk and to please God, even as you do walk - that you abound more and more.’ ‘Finally.’ The word is regularly used by Paul in this sense having the idea of ‘for the remainder’ (loipos means ‘the rest, the remainder’). But it is not necessarily an indication of finality, having also the meaning ‘furthermore, moreover’. Here it signifies an addition to, and connection... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12

1 Thessalonians 4:1-2 Kings : . Practical Exhortations to Purity of Life and Brotherly Love.— The Church at Thessalonica has begun well and is encouraged to go forward. 1 Thessalonians 4:1 . abound: 1 Thessalonians 3:12 *. 1 Thessalonians 4:3 . abstain, etc.: the inculcation of such an elementary principle of conduct seems strange, but we need to remember that certain heathen cults regarded immorality as part of the ritual of worship, and religion and immorality were to them almost... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:1

He descends to some particular duties about their walking, which he ushers in by a general exhortation in this first verse; wherein we may observe his style: he calls them brethren, and speaks to them with much condescension and earnestness, and in the name of Christ, &c. And the subject he insists on is their walking, the course of their life and conversation, which he describes by the rule of it, as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk; he refers them to the directions he had given... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 4:1-3

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES1 Thessalonians 4:1. And to please God, so ye would abound more and more.—R.V. inserts “even as ye do walk after God.”1 Thessalonians 4:2. What commandments.—R.V. “charge”; margin, “charges.” “The Greek word signifies an announcement, then a command or advice publicly delivered” (Findlay).1 Thessalonians 4:3. Your sanctification, etc.—“The reception of Christianity never delivers, as with the stroke of a magician, from the wickedness and lusts of the heathen world... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 1 Thessalonians 4:1

DISCOURSE: 2201ADVANCEMENT IN HOLINESS ENFORCED1 Thessalonians 4:1. 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.OUR blessed Lord, when about to leave the world, commanded his Apostles to go and “proselyte all nations” to his religion, “teaching them at the same time to observe and do all things that he had commanded them.” Thus, in their ministrations, principle and practice... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 4:1-18

Let's turn to first Thessalonians chapter four. Paul the apostle was called of God by the Spirit to go to Macedonia, as he saw in a vision a man from Macedonia saying, "Come over and help us." It was good that Paul did have a dramatic call of God, because I'm certain that once he arrived in Macedonia and experienced some of the adverse reception, he could've very well questioned "Lord, did you really call me here?"His first stop was at Philippi where evil men were stirred up against him, and... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Thessalonians 4:1-18

1 Thessalonians 4:1-2 . We beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us the moral maxims of life and conduct, not only in word but also in writing, how ye ought to walk, and to please God, see that ye keep them with conscientious regards; for we received those principles not only from the law and the prophets, but also from the Lord Jesus. Such a christian conduct is requisite to satisfy every man’s own mind of his regeneration; it is also... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8

1 Thessalonians 4:1-8Furthermore then, we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you Earnest exhortations to a high sanctityPurity is the perfection of the Christian character.It is the brightest jewel in the cluster of saintly excellencies, and that which gives a lustre to the whole. It is not so much the addition of a separate and distinct grace as the harmonious development of all. As Flavel has said, “What the heart is to the body that the soul is to the man; and what health is to the heart... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 4:1

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. Ver. 1. How ye ought to walk ] Every good man is a great peripatetic, walks much. Christ also walks; so doth the devil, apostates, heretics, worldlings; but with this difference: Christ walketh in the middle, Revelation 1:13 ; Revelation 2:1 ; the devil to and fro, up and down, Job 1:7 , his motion is... read more