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.
• 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 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 uncleanness, but in holiness. 8Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who has also given us His Holy Spirit. 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; 10and indeed you do so toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia. But we urge you, brethren, that you increase more and more; 11that you also aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded 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 19:8Therefore everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the hallowed offering of the Lord; and that person 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 to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
• John 15:12This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
• Acts 4:32Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul; neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.
• Romans 12:10Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another;
• Ephesians 5:1Therefore be imitators of God as dear children.
• Hebrews 13:1Let brotherly love continue.
• 1 Peter 3:8Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous;
• 2 Peter 1:7to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.
• 1 John 2:10He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.
• 1 John 3:11For this is the message that you 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 everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:1But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you.
• Jeremiah 31:34No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”
• Hebrews 8:10For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws in their mind 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