1 Thessalonians 4:9

But as touching brotherly loue, ye neede not that I write vnto you: for ye are taught of God to loue one another.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

8Hee therefore that despiseth these thinges, despiseth not man, but God who hath euen giuen you his holy Spirit.

10Yea, and that thing verily yee doe vnto all the brethren, which are throughout all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more,

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:8Therefore he that eateth it, shall beare his iniquitie, because he hath defiled the halowed thing of the Lord, and that person shalbe cut off from his people.

Isaiah 51:13And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath spred out the heauens, and layde the foundations of the earth? and hast feared continually all the day, because of the rage of the oppressour, which is readie to destroy? Where is now the rage of the oppressour?

Matthew 22:39And the second is like vnto this, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe.

John 13:34A newe commandement giue I vnto you, that ye loue one another: as I haue loued you, that ye also loue one another.

John 15:12This is my commandement, that ye loue one another, as I haue loued you.

Romans 12:10Be affectioned to loue one another with brotherly loue. In giuing honour, goe one before 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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