1 Thessalonians 4:9

Paul says they hardly need instruction on brotherly love, since God himself teaches them to love. The Spirit inclines believers' hearts to love one another.

Cross-references · 26

• 1 Jn 3:11This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
• Rom 12:10Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.
• 1 Jn 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.
• John 13:34–35A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
• Heb 13:1Continue in brotherly love.
• 1 Jn 4:21And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.
• 1 Th 5:1Now about the times and seasons, brothers, we do not need to write to you.
• 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 Pet 4:8Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
• Eph 5:1–2Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,
• 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.
• John 15:12–17This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
• Heb 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.”
• 1 Jn 2:20–27You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.
• 2 Pet 1:7and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.
• 1 Jn 2:10Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him.
• Lev 19:8Whoever eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned what is holy to the LORD. That person must be cut off from his people.
• 1 Pet 3:8Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.
• Heb 8:10–11For 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.
• Ps 133:1A song of ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!
• Jer 31:34No 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 remember their sins no more.”
• John 6:44–45“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.
• 1 Jn 3:14–19We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.
• Isa 51:13But 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 is the fury of the oppressor?
• 1 Jn 4:7–16Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
• Matt 22:39And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

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