1 Thessalonians 4:9
But concerning the charity of brotherhood, we have no need to write to you. For you yourselves have learned from God that you should love one another.
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Leviticus 19:8And he shall bear his iniquity, for he has polluted what is holy to the Lord. And that soul shall perish from his people.
Isaiah 51:13And have you forgotten the Lord, your Maker, who extended the heavens, and who founded the earth? And have you been in constant dread, all day long, at the face of his fury, of the one who afflicted you and who had prepared to destroy you? Where is the fury of the oppressor now?
Matthew 22:39But the second is similar to it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
John 13:34I give you a new commandment: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, so also must you love one another.
John 15:12This is my precept: that you love one another, just as I have loved you.
Romans 12:10loving one another with fraternal charity, surpassing one another in honor:
Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 4:2-9
Exhortations to Holiness; Caution against Impurity. ( a. d. 51.) 1 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. 2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. 3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: 4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; 5 Not in the lust… Read the whole commentary →