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.
• 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;
• 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 did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. 8Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit. 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. 10And in fact, you do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia. Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more, 11and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told 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 19:8Whoever eats it will be held responsible because they have desecrated what is holy to the Lord; they must be cut off from their people.
• Psalms 133:1How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!
• John 13:34“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
• John 15:12My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
• Acts 4:32All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had.
• Romans 12:10Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.
• Ephesians 5:1Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children
• Hebrews 13:1Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters.
• 1 Peter 3:8Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble.
• 2 Peter 1:7and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.
• 1 John 2:10Anyone who loves their brother and sister lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.
• 1 John 3:11For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
• 1 John 4:7Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:1Now, brothers and sisters, about times and dates we do not need to write to you,
• Jeremiah 31:34No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest,” declares the Lord. “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”
• Hebrews 8:10This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will 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