1 Thessalonians 4:9

In 9 translations

BSB

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.

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.

WEB

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

ASV

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;

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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.Elohim

DRC

But as touching the charity of brotherhood, we have no need to write to you: for yourselves have learned of God to love one another.

GNV

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

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

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

RP2018

Περὶ δὲ τῆς φιλαδελφίας οὐ χρείαν ἔχετε γράφειν ὑμῖν· αὐτοὶ γὰρ ὑμεῖς θεοδίδακτοί ἐστε εἰς τὸ ἀγαπᾷν ἀλλήλους·

TR-Boyd

Περὶ δὲ τῆς φιλαδελφίας οὐ χρείαν ἔχετε γράφειν ὑμῖν· αὐτοὶ γὰρ ὑμεῖς θεοδίδακτοί ἐστε εἰς τὸ ἀγαπᾷν ἀλλήλους·

SCR1894

περι δε της φιλαδελφιας ου χρειαν εχετε γραφειν υμιν αυτοι γαρ υμεις θεοδιδακτοι εστε εις το αγαπαν αλληλους

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• 1 John 3:11This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
• Romans 12:10Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.
• 1 John 3:23And 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 13:1Continue in brotherly love.
• John 13:34–35A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”
• 1 John 4:21–5:1And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.
• 1 Peter 4:8Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
• Acts 4:32The 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 2:10Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:1Now about the times and seasons, brothers, we do not need to write to you.
• John 15:12–17This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are My friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call…
• 1 John 2:20–27You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth. I have not written to you because you lack knowledge of the truth, but because you have it, and because no lie comes from the truth. Who…
• John 14:26But 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“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.”
• Ephesians 5:1–2Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children, and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
• 2 Peter 1:7and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.

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