1 Thessalonians 3:12

And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in full knowledge and all discernment,

Finally then, brothers, we ask and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us as to how you ought to walk and please God (just as you actually do walk), that you excel still more.

for indeed you do practice it toward all the brothers who are in all Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel still more,

We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is only fitting, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of each one of you all toward one another increases all the more,