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1 Thessalonians 4:9

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

KJV

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

Greek NT

De caritate autem fraternitatis non necesse habemus scribere vobis : ipsi enim vos a Deo didicistis ut diligatis invicem.

Vulgate

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;

ASV

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.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
γράφω
grapho
verb · 192×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
θεοδίδακτος
theodidaktos
adjective · 1×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
φιλαδελφία
philadelphia
noun · 8×
χρεία
chreia
noun · 49×
ἀγαπάω
agapao
verb · 143×
ἀλλήλων
allelon
reciprocal_pronoun · 100×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 16:14 — Let all your things be done with charity.
  • 1John 2:10 — He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
  • 1John 2:20 — But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
  • 1John 3:11 — For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
  • 1John 3:11 — For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
  • 1John 3:14 — We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
  • 1John 3:14 — We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
  • 1John 3:23 — And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
  • 1John 3:23 — And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
  • 1John 4:7 — Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
  • 1John 4:7 — Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
  • 1John 4:21 — And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
  • 1John 4:21 — And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
  • 1Pet 3:8 — Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
  • 1Pet 4:8 — And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
  • 1Pet 4:8 — And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
  • 1Thess 3:12 — And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:
  • 1Thess 5:1 — But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
  • 1Thess 5:1 — But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
  • 2Cor 8:7 — Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.
  • 2Cor 9:1 — For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:
  • 2John 1:5 — And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.
  • 2Pet 1:7 — And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
  • 2Pet 1:7 — And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
  • 2Thess 1:3 — We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
  • Acts 4:32 — And 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.
  • Col 1:4 — Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,
  • Col 3:14 — And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
  • Eph 1:15 — Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
  • Eph 4:16 — From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the
  • Eph 5:1 — Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
  • Gen 13:8 — And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
  • Heb 8:10 — For 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, an
  • Heb 10:16 — This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
  • Heb 13:1 — Let brotherly love continue.
  • Heb 13:1 — Let brotherly love continue.
  • Isa 51:13 — And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he we
  • Isa 54:13 — And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
  • Jas 2:8 — If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
  • Jer 31:34 — And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: fo