Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
Furthermore, х loipon (G3063)] - 'As to what remains.' The transition to the close of his letters (2 Corinthians 13:11).
Then - with a view to the love and holiness (1 Thessalonians 3:12-13) just prayed for in your behalf, we now give you exhortation.
Beseech - `ask' as a personal favour х erootoomen (G2065)].
By - Greek 'IN the Lord Jesus:' in communion with the Lord Jesus, as Christian ministers dealing with Christian people (Edmunds) (Ephesians 4:17).
As ye have received - when we were with you (1 Thessalonians 2:13).
How - Greek, the "how;" i:e., the manner.
Walk and (so) to please God - by your walk; in contrast to the Jews, who "please not God" (1 Thessalonians 2:15). 'Aleph (') A B Delta G f g, Vulgate, add here, 'even as also ye do walk' (cf. 1 Thessalonians 4:10; 1 Thessalonians 5:11). These words, which he could say of them with truth, conciliate a favourable hearing for the precepts which follow. Also, "abound more and more," implies there had gone before a recognition of their already in some measure walking so.