1 Thessalonians 4:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

for indeed ye do it toward all the brethren that are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brethren, that ye abound more and more;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ γὰρ ποιεῖτε αὐτὸ εἰς πάντας τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς τοὺς ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ Μακεδονίᾳ: παρακαλοῦμεν δὲ ὑμᾶς, ἀδελφοί, περισσεύειν μᾶλλον·

Transliteration

And for you poieite it toward all the adelphous the ones in whole the Makedonia: we parakaloumen but you, adelphoi, to perisseuein more;

Grammar Details

*poieite*: present, indicative, active, 2nd person, plural - you do/practice
*adelphous*: accusative, masculine, plural - brothers (direct object)
*Makedonia*: dative, feminine, singular - Macedonia (locative)
*parakaloumen*: present, indicative, active, 1st person, plural - we urge/exhort
*adelphoi*: vocative, masculine, plural - brothers (direct address)
*perisseuein*: present, infinitive, active - to abound/excel/increase

Word Meanings

*poieite*: do/practice/perform/accomplish
*adelphous*: brothers/fellow believers
*parakaloumen*: urge/exhort/encourage/comfort
*adelphoi*: brothers/siblings/fellow believers
*perisseuein*: abound/excel/increase/overflow

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Thess 3:12 : 12 and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we also [do] toward you;
2 Thess 1:3 : 3 We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, for that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all toward one another aboundeth;
1 Thess 1:7 : 7 so that ye became an ensample to all that believe in Macedonia and in Achaia.
2 Cor 8:1-2 : 1 Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God which hath been given in the churches of Macedonia; 2 how that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy and {G2596} their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
2 Cor 8:8-9 : 8 I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love. 9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might become rich. 10 And herein {G5129} I give my judgment: for this is expedient for you, who were the first to make a beginning a year ago, not only to do, but also to will.
Phil 1:9 : 9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;
Phil 3:13-15 : 13 Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing [I do], forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, 14 I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, be thus minded: and if in anything ye are otherwise minded, this also shall God reveal {G2532} unto you:
Col 1:4 : 4 having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have toward all the saints,
Phlm 1:5-7 : 5 hearing of thy love, and of the faith which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all the saints; 6 that the fellowship of thy faith may become effectual, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in you, unto Christ. 7 For I had much joy and comfort in thy love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.
1 Thess 4:1 : 1 Finally then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye do walk, — that ye abound more and more.
2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him [be] the glory both now and for {G2250} ever. Amen.
Eph 1:15 : 15 For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which [ye show] toward all the saints,

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