1 Thessalonians 4:9 “Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, beca…”

1 Thessalonians 4:9

Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

World English Bible

But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,

American Standard Version

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;

Geneva Bible 1599

But as touching brotherly loue, ye neede not that I write vnto you: for ye are taught of God to loue one another.

Darby Translation

Now concerning brotherly love ye have no need that we should write to you, for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

Young's Literal Translation

And concerning the brotherly love, ye have no need of [my] writing to you, for ye yourselves are God-taught to love one another,

Bible in Basic English

But about loving the brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you in this letter: for you have the teaching of God that love for one another is right and necessary;

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Cross references

“touching”

1 John 3:11 Romans 12:10 1 John 3:23 Hebrews 13:1 Acts 4:32 1 John 2:10

1 John 3:11 · BSB

This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.

Romans 12:10 · BSB

Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.

1 John 3:23 · BSB

And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us.

Hebrews 13:1 · BSB

Continue in brotherly love.

Acts 4:32 · BSB

The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned.

1 John 2:10 · BSB

Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him.

“ye need”

1 Thessalonians 5:1 1 John 2:20–27 Jeremiah 31:34 Hebrews 8:10 Hebrews 8:11

1 Thessalonians 5:1 · BSB

Now about the times and seasons, brothers, we do not need to write to you.

1 John 2:20–27 · BSB

You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.

Jeremiah 31:34 · BSB

No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘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 iniquities and will r…

Hebrews 8:10 · BSB

For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.

Hebrews 8:11 · BSB

No longer will each one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest.

“for ye”

1 Peter 4:8 John 14:26 Hebrews 10:16 Isaiah 51:13 Matthew 22:39 John 6:44

1 Peter 4:8 · BSB

Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

John 14:26 · BSB

But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.

Hebrews 10:16 · BSB

“This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”

Isaiah 51:13 · BSB

But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You live in terror all day long because of the fury of the oppressor who is bent on destruction. But where…

Matthew 22:39 · BSB

And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

John 6:44 · BSB

“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.

10And you are indeed showing this love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel more and more

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