1 Thessalonians 4:1

That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;

But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;

And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:

They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;

Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,

Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:

So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.