for indeed you do it toward all the brothers who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, that you abound more and more;
God Himself taught them to love one another; that is the livery of Christ's family. Notice their love extends through all Macedonia, not only to their own city or kindred believers. The Spirit's teaching surpasses any man's, and men teach in vain unless God teach.
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Commenting on 1 Thessalonians 4:9-12
Verse 10. And indeed ye do it. . But we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more. . Here, as elsewhere, the apostle makes the fact that they deserved commendation for what they had done, a stimulant to arouse them to still higher attainments. Bloomfield.
They love all the brethren without respect of persons, high and low, rich and poor, throughout Macedonia. Yet I beseech them to increase more and more, for no grace is perfect in degree, and no saint discharges duty perfectly in this life.
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