1 Thessalonians 4:9

Now concerning brotherly love ye have no need that we should write to you, for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

In Context

8He therefore that [in this] disregards [his brother], disregards, not man, but God, who has given also his Holy Spirit to you.

10For also ye do this towards all the brethren in the whole of Macedonia; but we exhort you, brethren, to abound still more,

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:8And he that eateth it shall bear his iniquity; for he hath profaned the hallowed thing of Jehovah; and that soul shall be cut off from among his peoples.

Isaiah 51:13and forgettest Jehovah thy Maker, who hath stretched out the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and thou art afraid continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he prepareth to destroy? And where is the fury of the oppressor?

Matthew 22:39And [the] second is like it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

John 13:34A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

John 15:12This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you.

Romans 12:10as to brotherly love, kindly affectioned towards one another: as to honour, each taking the lead in paying it to the other:

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 →

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