1 Thessalonians 4:9

And concerning the brotherly love, ye have no need of [my] writing to you, for ye yourselves are God-taught to love one another,

Young's Literal Translation

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

8he, therefore, who is despising — doth not despise man, but God, who also did give His Holy Spirit to us.

10for ye do it also to all the brethren who [are] in all Macedonia; and we call upon you, brethren, to abound still more,

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:8and he who is eating it his iniquity doth bear, for the holy thing of Jehovah he hath polluted, and that person hath been cut off from his people.

Isaiah 51:13And thou dost forget Jehovah thy maker, Who is stretching out the heavens, and founding earth, And thou dost fear continually all the day, Because of the fury of the oppressor, As he hath prepared to destroy. And where [is] the fury of the oppressor?

Matthew 22:39and the second [is] like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;

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

John 15:12'This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

Romans 12:10in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before 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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