1 Thessalonians 4:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁹ Now concerning love of the brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anyone write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ But concerning brotherly love [for all other Christians], you have no need to have anyone write you, for you yourselves have been [personally] taught by God to love one another.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ 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;

Common English Bible

⁹ You don’t need us to write about loving your brothers and sisters because God has already taught you to love each other.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ But concerning the charity of brotherhood, we have no need to write to you. For you yourselves have learned from God that you should love one another.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ 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.

1 Thessalonians 4:9 Cross References

Psalm 133:1

How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity!

Isaiah 51:13

You have forgotten the Lord, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You fear continually all day long because of the fury of the oppressor, who is bent on destruction. But where is the fury of the oppressor?

Jeremiah 31:33

But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Jeremiah 31:34

No longer shall they teach one another or say to each other, “Know the Lord,” for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the Lord, for I will forgive their iniquity and remember their sin no more.

Leviticus 19:8

All who eat it shall be subject to punishment, because they have profaned what is holy to the Lord, and any such person shall be cut off from the people.

Matthew 22:39

And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

John 14:26

But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all that I have said to you.

Acts 4:32

Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was held in common.

Romans 12:10

love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor.

2 Corinthians 9:1

Now it is not necessary for me to write you about the ministry to the saints,

Philippians 3:15

Let those of us, then, who are mature think this way, and if you think differently about anything, this, too, God will reveal to you.

1 Thessalonians 5:1

Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anything written to you.

Hebrews 10:16

“This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds,”

Hebrews 13:1

Let mutual affection continue.

1 Peter 3:8

Finally, all of you, have unity of spirit, sympathy, love for one another, a tender heart, and a humble mind.

1 Peter 4:8

Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins.

2 Peter 1:7

and godliness with mutual affection, and mutual affection with love.

1 John 2:10

Whoever loves a brother or sister abides in the light, and in such a person there is no cause for stumbling.

1 John 3:11

For this is the message you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

1 John 3:23

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

1 John 4:21

The commandment we have from him is this: those who love God must love their brothers and sisters also.