1 Thessalonians 4:9

Now concerning brotherly love, I have no need to write unto you: for ye yourselves are divinely taught to love one another.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his Holy Spirit.

10And indeed ye practise it towards all the brethren that are throughout Macedonia: but we conjure you, brethren, to abound more and more;

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Cross References

Matthew 22:39And the second is like to it, “Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”

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

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

Romans 12:10In brotherly affection be tenderly attached to each other; in honour 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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