1 Thessalonians 4:9
But as touching the charity of brotherhood, we have no need to write to you: for yourselves have learned of God to love one another.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Leviticus 19:8And shall bear his iniquity, because he hath defiled the holy thing of the Lord, and that soul shall perish from among his people.
Isaiah 51:13And thou hast forgotten the Lord thy maker, who stretched out the heavens, and founded the earth: and thee hast been afraid continually all the day at the presence of his fury who afflicted thee, and had prepared himself to destroy thee: where is now the fury of the oppressor?
Matthew 22:39And the second is like to this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
John 13:34A new commandment I give unto you: That you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
John 15:12This is my commandment, that you love one another, as I have loved you.
Romans 12:10Loving one another with the charity of brotherhood, with honour preventing one another.
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 →