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1 Thessalonians 4:9

Love for othersFellowship and the church

7 For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.

8 Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.

Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.

10 And you are indeed showing this love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel more and more

11 and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.

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BSB
Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
KJV
But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
WEB
But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,
ASV
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;
DARBY
Now concerning brotherly love ye have no need that we should write to you, for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
BLB
Now concerning brotherly love, you⁺ have no need [for one] to write to you⁺, for you⁺ yourselves are taught by God to love one another.
ÅB
Men om broderkjærligheten trenger dere ikke til at noen skriver til dere; for dere er selv lært av Gud til å elske hverandre;
OTB
Nå angående kjærligheten til hverandre, har dere ikke behov for at noen skriver til dere, for dere er selv lært av Gud til å elske hverandre;
B1930
Men om broderkjærligheten trenger I ikke til at nogen skriver til eder; for I er selv lært av Gud til å elske hverandre;

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