1 Thessalonians 4:9
Now concerning love to the brethren, ye need not that I should write to you; for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
8He therefore who spurneth, spurneth not man but God, who hath given his Holy Spirit in you.
Cross References
Matthew 22:39And the second, which is like it, is, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
John 13:34A new commandment I give to you, that ye be affectionate to each other. As I have loved you, do ye also love one another.
John 15:12This is my command, that ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Romans 12:10Be affectionate to your brethren: and love one another. Be foremost in honoring 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 →