1 Thessalonians 4:9

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.
• 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;
• New Living Translation (NLT)But we don’t need to write to you about the importance of loving each other, for God himself has taught you to love one another.

Context of 1 Thessalonians 4:9

7For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness. 8Therefore whoever disregards this, disregards not man but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you. 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, 10for that indeed is what you are doing to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to do this more and more, 11and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you,

1 Thessalonians 4:9 word by word

Περὶ δὲ τῆς φιλαδελφίας οὐ χρείαν ἔχετε γράφειν ὑμῖν· αὐτοὶ γὰρ ὑμεῖς θεοδίδακτοί ἐστε εἰς τὸ ἀγαπᾶν ἀλλήλους·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• ·χρείαchreia · needG5532
• Butδέde · thenG1161
• as touchingπερίperi · aboutG4012
• brotherly loveφιλαδελφίαphiladelphia · brotherly loveG5360
• ye needἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• notοὐou · noG3756
• that I writeγράφωgraphō · to writeG1125
• unto youσύsu · youG4771
• forγάρgar · forG1063
• yourselvesαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• taught of Godθεοδίδακτοςtheodidaktos · divinely instructedG2312
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• loveἀγαπάωagapaō · to loveG25
• one anotherἀλλήλωνallēlōn · one anotherG240

Cross-references for 1 Thessalonians 4:9

• Leviticus 19:8and everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned what is holy to the Lord, and that person shall be cut off from his people.
• Psalms 133:1Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!
• John 13:34A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
• John 15:12"This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
• Acts 4:32Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common.
• Romans 12:10Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
• Ephesians 5:1Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.
• Hebrews 13:1Let brotherly love continue.
• 1 Peter 3:8Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.
• 2 Peter 1:7and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.
• 1 John 2:10Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling.
• 1 John 3:11For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
• 1 John 4:7Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:1Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you.
• Jeremiah 31:34And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more."
• Hebrews 8:10For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my 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

Topics related to 1 Thessalonians 4:9

• Character
• Church
• Commandments
• Fraternity
• Holy Spirit
• Love

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Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 4

• 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