American Standard Version
1 Thessalonians 4:9
9But concerning love of the brethren ye have no need that one write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another;
1 Thessalonians 4:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
- New International Version (NIV)Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another,
- New King James Version (NKJV)But concerning brotherly love you have no need that I should write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another;
Context of 1 Thessalonians 4:9
7For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification. 8Therefore he that rejecteth, rejecteth not man, but God, who giveth his Holy Spirit unto you. But concerning love of the brethren ye have no need that one write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another; 10for indeed ye do it toward all the brethren that are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brethren, that ye abound more and more; 11and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;
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Περὶ δὲ τῆς φιλαδελφίας οὐ χρείαν ἔχετε γράφειν ὑμῖν· αὐτοὶ γὰρ ὑμεῖς θεοδίδακτοί ἐστε εἰς τὸ ἀγαπᾶν ἀλλήλους·Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 Thessalonians 4:9
- Leviticus 19:8but every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the holy thing of Jehovah: and that soul shall be cut off from his people.
- Psalms 133:1Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity!
- 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, even as I have loved you.
- Acts 4:32And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and soul: and not oneof themsaid that aught of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
- Romans 12:10In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;
- Ephesians 5:1Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;
- Hebrews 13:1Let love of the brethren continue.
- 1 Peter 3:8Finally, be ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:
- 2 Peter 1:7and in your godliness brotherly kindness; and in your brotherly kindness love.
- 1 John 2:10He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him.
- 1 John 3:11For this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another:
- 1 John 4:7Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:1But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that aught be written unto you.
- Jeremiah 31:34And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith Jehovah: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.
- Hebrews 8:10For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel After those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, And on their heart also will I write them: And I will be to them a God, And they shall be to me a people:
Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 4:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Touching brotherly love - They were remarkable for this; and though the apostle appears to have had this as a topic on which he intended to write to them, yet, from the account which he received of their prosperous state by Timothy, he finds that it is unnecessary to spend any time in inculcating a doctrine which they fully understood and practised. See 1 Thessalonians 3:6.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9But as touching brotherly love - The “peculiar charity and affection which one Christian owes to another.” Doddridge; see the notes on John 13:34. Ye need not that I write unto you - That is, “as I have done on the other points.” They were so taught of God in regard to this duty, that they did not need any special instruction. For ye yourselves are taught of God - The word here rendered “taught of God” - ́́ theodidaktoi- occurs nowhere else in the New…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-12Verses 9-12 We should notice in others what is good, to their praise, that we may engage them to abound therein more and more. All who are savingly taught of God, are taught to love one another. The teaching of the Spirit exceeds the teachings of men; and men's teaching is vain and useless, unless God teach. Those remarkable for this or any other grace, need to increase therein, as well as to persevere to the end. It is very desirable to have a calm and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another (see Isaiah 54:13): through the teachings of Jesus (John 13:34–35), through the death of Jesus on the cross (Romans 5:8; Ephesians 5:1–2), and through the Holy Spirit (Romans 5:5; Galatians 5:22).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. brotherly love, &c.--referring here to acts of brotherly kindness in relieving distressed brethren. Some oldest manuscripts support English Version reading, "YE have"; others, and those the weightiest, read, "WE have." We need not write, as ye yourselves are taught, and that by God: namely, in the heart by the Holy Spirit (Joh 6:45; He 8:11; 1Jo 2:20, 27). to love--Greek, "with a view to," or "to the end of your loving one another." Divine teachings…Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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