1 Thessalonians 2:11

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

even as ye have known, how each one of you, as a father his own children, we are exhorting you, and comforting, and testifying,

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  • 1 Cor 4:14-15 : 14 Not `as' putting you to shame do I write these things, but as my beloved children I do admonish, 15 for if a myriad of child-conductors ye may have in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus, through the good news, I -- I did beget you;
  • 2 Tim 4:1-2 : 1 I do fully testify, then, before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who is about to judge living and dead at his manifestation and his reign -- 2 preach the word; be earnest in season, out of season, convict, rebuke, exhort, in all long-suffering and teaching,
  • 1 Thess 2:7 : 7 But we became gentle in your midst, as a nurse may cherish her own children,
  • 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 As to the rest, then, brethren, we request you, and call upon you in the Lord Jesus, as ye did receive from us how it behoveth you to walk and to please God, that ye may abound the more,
  • 1 Tim 5:21 : 21 I testify fully, before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the choice messengers, that these things thou mayest keep, without forejudging, doing nothing by partiality.
  • 1 Tim 6:2 : 2 and those having believing masters, let them not slight `them', because they are brethren, but rather let them serve, because they are stedfast and beloved, who of the benefit are partaking. These things be teaching and exhorting;
  • 1 Tim 6:13 : 13 I charge thee, before God, who is making all things alive, and of Christ Jesus, who did testify before Pontius Pilate the right profession,
  • 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --
  • 1 Thess 5:11 : 11 wherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.
  • 2 Thess 3:12 : 12 and such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness working, their own bread they may eat;
  • 1 Tim 5:7 : 7 and these things charge, that they may be blameless;
  • Titus 2:6 : 6 The younger men, in like manner, be exhorting to be sober-minded;
  • Titus 2:9 : 9 Servants -- to their own masters `are' to be subject, in all things to be well-pleasing, not gainsaying,
  • Titus 2:15 : 15 these things be speaking, and exhorting, and convicting, with all charge; let no one despise thee!
  • Heb 13:22 : 22 And I entreat you, brethren, suffer the word of the exhortation, for also through few words I have written to you.
  • Eph 4:17 : 17 This, then, I say, and I testify in the Lord; ye are no more to walk, as also the other nations walk, in the vanity of their mind,
  • Gen 50:16-17 : 16 And they give a charge for Joseph, saying, `Thy father commanded before his death, saying, 17 Thus ye do say to Joseph, I pray thee, bear, I pray thee, with the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for they have done thee evil; and now, bear, we pray thee, with the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father;' and Joseph weepeth in their speaking unto him.
  • Num 27:19 : 19 and hast caused him to stand before Eleazar the priest, and before all the company, and hast charged him before their eyes,
  • Deut 3:28 : 28 and charge Jehoshua, and strengthen him, and harden him, for he doth pass over before this people, and he doth cause them to inherit the land which thou seest.
  • Deut 31:14 : 14 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Lo, thy days have drawn near to die; call Joshua, and station yourselves in the tent of meeting, and I charge him;' and Moses goeth -- Joshua also -- and they station themselves in the tent of meeting,
  • 1 Chr 22:11-13 : 11 `Now, my son, Jehovah is with thee, and thou hast prospered, and hast built the house of Jehovah thy God, as He spake concerning thee. 12 Only, Jehovah give to thee wisdom and understanding, and charge thee concerning Israel, even to keep the law of Jehovah thy God; 13 then thou dost prosper, if thou dost observe to do the statutes and the judgments that Jehovah charged Moses with concerning Israel; be strong and courageous; do not fear, nor be cast down.
  • 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 `And thou, Solomon, my son, know the God of thy father, and serve Him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind, for all hearts is Jehovah seeking, and every imagination of the thoughts He is understanding; if thou dost seek Him, He is found of thee, and if thou dost forsake Him, He casteth thee off for ever.
  • 1 Chr 28:20 : 20 And David saith to Solomon his son, `Be strong, and courageous, and do; do not fear nor be affrighted, for Jehovah God, my God, `is' with thee; He doth not fail thee, nor forsake thee, unto the completion of all the work of the service of the house of Jehovah.
  • Ps 34:11 : 11 Come ye, children, hearken to me, The fear of Jehovah I do teach you.
  • Prov 1:10 : 10 My son, if sinners entice thee be not willing.
  • Prov 1:15 : 15 My son! go not in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path,
  • Prov 2:1 : 1 My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee,
  • Prov 3:1 : 1 My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,
  • Prov 4:1-9 : 1 Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding. 2 For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not. 3 For, a son I have been to my father -- tender, And an only one before my mother. 4 And he directeth me, and he saith to me: `Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live. 5 Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth. 6 Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee. 7 The first thing `is' wisdom -- get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding. 8 Exalt her, and she doth lift thee up, She honoureth thee, when thou dost embrace her. 9 She giveth to thy head a wreath of grace, A crown of beauty she doth give thee freely. 10 Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life `are' multiplied to thee. 11 In a way of wisdom I have directed thee, I have caused thee to tread in paths of uprightness. 12 In thy walking thy step is not straitened, And if thou runnest, thou stumblest not.
  • Prov 5:1-2 : 1 My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear, 2 To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep.
  • Prov 6:1 : 1 My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand,
  • Prov 7:1 : 1 My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.
  • Prov 7:24 : 24 And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And give attention to sayings of my mouth.
  • Prov 31:1-9 : 1 Words of Lemuel a king, a declaration that his mother taught him: 2 `What, my son? and what, son of my womb? And what, son of my vows? 3 Give not to women thy strength, And thy ways to wiping away of kings. 4 Not for kings, O Lemuel, Not for kings, to drink wine, And for princes a desire of strong drink. 5 Lest he drink, and forget the decree, And change the judgment of any of the sons of affliction. 6 Give strong drink to the perishing, And wine to the bitter in soul, 7 He drinketh, and forgetteth his poverty, And his misery he remembereth not again. 8 Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change. 9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, Both the cause of the poor and needy!'
  • Acts 20:2 : 2 and having gone through those parts, and having exhorted them with many words, he came to Greece;

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