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 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 hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. 8He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit. But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another. 10And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more; 11And that ye study to be quiet, and to do 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

• ·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 every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of Yhwh: and that soul shall be cut off from among 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; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
• John 15:12This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
• Acts 4:32And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
• Romans 12:10Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
• Ephesians 5:1Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
• Hebrews 13:1Let brotherly love continue.
• 1 Peter 3:8Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
• 2 Peter 1:7And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
• 1 John 2:10He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
• 1 John 3:11For this is the message that 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 born of God, and knoweth God.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:1But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
• Jeremiah 31:34And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know Yhwh: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith Yhwh: 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, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: 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

Topics related to 1 Thessalonians 4:9

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

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Asleep
• Quiet
• Rise
• Sleep
• Trump
• Brotherly Kindness; Brotherly Love
• Thessalonians, the First Epistle of Paul to the
• Thessalonians, the Second Epistle of Paul to the

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