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forγὰρindeedκαὶyou doποιεῖτεitαὐτὸtowardεἰςallπάνταςthe brothersτοὺς ἀδελφοὺςwho areτοὺςinἐνallὅλῃMacedonia.τῇ ΜακεδονίᾳButδὲwe exhortπαρακαλοῦμενyou,ὑμᾶςbrothers,ἀδελφοίto aboundπερισσεύεινmore and more,μᾶλλον
1 Thessalonians 4:10
Study it in the app“for indeed you do it toward all the brothers who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, to abound more and more,”
With the Greek beneath
1 Thessalonians 4:10, word by word
- you doποιεῖτεpoieite
do
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “poieite” appears- the brothersἀδελφοὺςadelphous
brother in faith
A believer, of the same family of God through the Messiah.
Where else “adelphous” appears- allὅλῃholēi
whole, all
Whole, entire, all.
Where else “holēi” appears- MacedoniaΜακεδονίᾳMakedoniai
Macedonia
See it on the mapWhere else “Makedoniai” appears- we exhortπαρακαλοῦμενparakaloumen
urge
To spur someone on with words to do good.
Where else “parakaloumen” appears- to aboundπερισσεύεινperisseuein
abound
To have plenty, and more and more.
Where else “perisseuein” appears- more and moreμᾶλλονmallon
more
To a greater degree; how much more, when comparing.
Where else “mallon” appears
Places in this verse
Macedonia
Today: northern Greece, plus North Macedonia and Bulgaria
A region of northern Greece, by the north of the Aegean Sea.
Paul saw in a vision a man begging, "Come over to Macedonia and help us" (Acts 16:9). There he started the assemblies in Philippi, Thessalonica and Berea (Acts 16–17).
The context
9Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another;
10 · This verse (above)
11and to make it your ambition to live quietly and to attend to your own affairs and to work with your hands, just as we commanded you,