1 Thessalonians 4:10

And indeed ye do it towards all the brethren,.... Whether high or low, rich or poor, bond or free, greater or lesser believers, and whether related in the bonds of nature or not; they exercised this…

And indeed ye do it - See the notes on 1Th 1:7. But we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more - See the notes at 1Th 3:12. Here, as elsewhere, the apostle makes the fact that they…

Ye do it toward all the brethren - Ye not only love one another at Thessalonica, but ye love all the brethren in Macedonia; ye consider them all as children of the same Father; and that all the…

In these words the apostle mentions the great duties,

I. Of brotherly love. This he exhorts them to increase in yet more and more. The exhortation is introduced, not with a compliment, but with a…

And indeed should be For indeed. Their practice of the Divine lesson, as described in this verse, showed that they were truly "taught of God" to this effect.

ye do it towards all the brethren which…