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.
Context
This verse from 1 Thessalonians Chapter 4 connects to 10 cross-references. Instruction on sexual holiness: abstain from sexual immorality, controlling your own body in holiness and honor, not in passionate lust like the Gentiles. Concerning those who have died: we should not grieve as those without hope, for Jesus who died …
Other Translations
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;
And concerning the brotherly love, ye have no need of <FI>my<Fi> writing to you, for ye yourselves are God-taught to love one another,
But about loving the brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you in this letter: for you have the teaching of God that love for one another is right and necessary;
Cross References
And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and …
And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for …
And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them …
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the Lord: …
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
These things I command you, that ye love one another.