Verse 9

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

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  • 1 Thess 3:12 : 12 And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love toward one another, and toward all people, just as we do toward you:
  • Col 1:9 : 9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that you might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
  • 2 Pet 1:5-6 : 5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6 And to knowledge self-control; and to self-control patience; and to patience godliness;
  • Col 3:10 : 10 And have put on the new self, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him who created him.
  • 1 Thess 4:9-9 : 9 But concerning brotherly love, you do not need that I write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another. 10 And indeed you do so toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia, but we beseech you, brethren, that you increase more and more.
  • Phlm 1:6 : 6 That the sharing of your faith may become effective by the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.
  • 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,
  • 2 Thess 1:3 : 3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brothers, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all toward each other abounds;
  • Eph 5:17 : 17 Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
  • Phil 3:15-16 : 15 Let us, therefore, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think differently, God will reveal even this to you. 16 Nevertheless, to the degree that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us be of the same mind.
  • 1 Cor 14:20 : 20 Brethren, do not be children in understanding; however, in malice be infants, but in understanding be mature.
  • 2 Cor 8:7 : 7 Therefore, as you abound in everything, in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all diligence, and in your love for us, see that you abound in this grace also.
  • Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the just is like the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day.
  • Matt 13:31-33 : 31 He told them another parable: The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. 32 Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches. 33 He told them still another parable: The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.
  • 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 Furthermore, then, we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as you have received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, so you would abound more and more.
  • Heb 5:14 : 14 But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
  • Job 17:9 : 9 The righteous also shall hold on to his way, and he that has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.
  • 2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever. Amen.