Verse 10. And indeed ye do it. See Barnes |1 Th 1:7|.
But we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more. See Barnes |1 Th 3:12|.
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.