1 Thessalonians 4:9

But concerning brotherly love ye need not that I write to you; for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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

8Therefore he that rejects, rejects not man, but God, who also gave to you his Holy Spirit.

10For indeed ye do it, toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia. But we beseech you, brethren, to abound yet more;

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Cross References

Matthew 22:39And the second is like to it: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy self.

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

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

Romans 12:10be kindly affectioned one to another; in honor, preferring 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 →

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