4:10a

all the brothers throughout Macedonia: Paul here expanded what he was saying to include not only believers in Thessalonica but also in Philippi and Berea and any other town in the region of Macedonia.

brothers: See the note on 1:4.

4:10b

But: Paul knew that the Thessalonians already loved their fellow Christians, but he wanted them to do so even more.

we urge you: This is the same verb that the Berean Standard Bible translated as “encourage” in 2:12a and 3:2b and in 4:1a. See the notes on those verses.

brothers: See the note on 1:4.

to excel more and more: This phrase means “to continue to love your fellow believers more and more.”

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