1 Thessalonians 4:9

But concerning brotherly love you have no need that I write to you: for you yourselves are taught of God to love one another with divine love;

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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 the one rejecting (sanctification), does not reject man, but God, who indeed gives to you his Holy Spirit.

10for you indeed are doing the same thing unto all the brethren in all Macedonia. And we exhort you, brethren, that you abound more and more;

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Cross References

Matthew 22:39And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

John 13:34I give unto a new commandment, That you must love one another with divine love; as I have loved you with divine love, that you must also love one another with divine love:

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

Romans 12:10kindly affectionate one to another with brotherly love; 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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