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 3:11For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
• Rom 12:10Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
• 1 Jn 3:23And 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.
• John 13:34–35A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
• Heb 13:1Let brotherly love continue.
• 1 Jn 4:21And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
• 1 Th 5:1But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
• Acts 4:32And 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.
• 1 Pet 4:8And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
• Eph 5:1–2Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
• John 14:26But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
• John 15:12–17This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
• Heb 10:16This 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;
• 1 Jn 2:20–27But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
• 2 Pet 1:7And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
• 1 Jn 2:10He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
• Lev 19:8Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
• 1 Pet 3:8Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
• Heb 8:10–11For 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, and they shall be to me a people:
• Ps 133:1Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
• Jer 31:34And 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: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
• John 6:44–45No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
• 1 Jn 3:14–19We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
• Isa 51:13And 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 were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
• 1 Jn 4:7–16Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
• Matt 22:39And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

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