1 THESSALONIANS 4:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.”
Now concerning love of the brothers: you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another — the Thessalonians are already instructed by God ('taught by God,' theodidaktoi); Paul's exhortation presupposes their internalized knowledge. The 'love of the brothers' (philadelphia) is the practical expression of faith.
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