帖撒罗尼迦前书 4:9

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

論到弟兄相愛，用不著人寫甚麼給你們，因為你們自己受了　神的教導，要彼此相愛。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
论 到 弟 兄 们 相 爱 ， 不 用 人 写 信 给 你 们 ； 因 为 你 们 自 己 蒙 了 神 的 教 训 ， 叫 你 们 彼 此 相 爱 。

Contextual Overview

⁹ We do not need to write you about having love for your Christian family, because God has already taught you to love each other. ¹⁰ And truly you do love the Christians in all of Macedonia. Brothers and sisters, now we encourage you to love them even more. ¹¹ Do all you can to live a peaceful life. Take care of your own business, and do your own work as we have already told you. ¹² If you do, then people who are not believers will respect you, and you will not have to depend on others for what you need.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

touching: Leviticus 19:8, Psalms 133:1, John 13:34, John 13:35, John 15:12-17, Acts 4:32, Romans 12:10, Ephesians 5:1, Ephesians 5:2, Hebrews 13:1, 1 Peter 3:8, 2 Peter 1:7, 1 John 2:10, 1 John 3:11, 1 John 3:14-19, 1 John 3:23, 1 John 4:7-16

ye need: 1 Thessalonians 5:1, Jeremiah 31:34, Hebrews 8:10, Hebrews 8:11, 1 John 2:20-27

for ye: Isaiah 51:13, Matthew 22:39, John 6:44, John 6:45, John 13:34, John 14:26, John 15:12, John 15:17, Ephesians 5:2, Hebrews 10:16, 1 Peter 4:8, 1 John 3:11, 1 John 3:23, 1 John 4:21, 1 John 5:1

Reciprocal: Genesis 13:8 - brethren Isaiah 54:13 - all Matthew 25:40 - Inasmuch Acts 16:34 - when 1 Corinthians 16:14 - General 2 Corinthians 8:7 - see 2 Corinthians 9:1 - it is Ephesians 1:15 - love Ephesians 4:16 - edifying Philippians 1:9 - your Colossians 1:4 - faith Colossians 3:14 - charity 1 Thessalonians 3:12 - abound 2 Thessalonians 1:3 - your Titus 2:12 - Teaching James 2:8 - Thou 1 Peter 1:22 - unto 2 John 1:5 - that we Revelation 2:4 - because

Cross-References

Genesis 4:4
Abel brought the best parts from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord accepted Abel and his gift,

Genesis 4:9
Later, the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" Cain answered, "I don't know. Is it my job to take care of my brother?"

Genesis 4:11
And now you will be cursed in your work with the ground, the same ground where your brother's blood fell and where your hands killed him.

Genesis 4:13
Then Cain said to the Lord , "This punishment is more than I can stand!

Genesis 4:14
Today you have forced me to stop working the ground, and now I must hide from you. I must wander around on the earth, and anyone who meets me can kill me."

Genesis 37:32
Then they brought the long-sleeved robe to their father and said, "We found this robe. Look it over carefully and see if it is your son's robe."

Psalms 9:12
He remembers who the murderers are; he will not forget the cries of those who suffer.

Proverbs 28:13
If you hide your sins, you will not succeed. If you confess and reject them, you will receive mercy.

John 8:44
You belong to your father the devil, and you want to do what he wants. He was a murderer from the beginning and was against the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he shows what he is really like, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But as touching brotherly love,.... Another branch of sanctification; which is distinct from love to God and Christ, though it always accompanies it, and from love to all mankind; and is what is peculiar to brethren in a spiritual relation, and ought to be universal, fervent, and sincere, and as Christ has loved them: concerning which the following things are said,

ye need not that I write unto you. The Vulgate Latin version reads, "we have no need to write unto you"; and so some copies. It seems that it was needful to write unto them about other things, as to refresh their memories with the instructions they had given them, when with them, how they should walk and please God; and to put them in mind of the commandments given them by Christ, and that their sanctification was the will of God; and particularly it was necessary to write unto them about chastity, and purity of life, whether in or out of the conjugal state; but as for brotherly love, there was no immediate absolute necessity to write about that, either about the nature of it, or to describe the objects of it, or point out instances of it, or to exhort to it in a pressing manner: the reason is,

for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another; not merely by the light of nature, which teaches men to be kind, courteous, affable, and beneficent; nor by the law of Moses, which obliges men to love their neighbours as themselves; nor only doctrinally by the ministry of the Gospel, which frequently inculcates the exercise of this grace as a matter of great importance and consequence; nor only by the new commandment, and example of Christ; but by the Spirit of God internally in regeneration, who, according to the tenor of the new covenant, writes this law of love, and of Christ, upon the heart; and this being written upon the hearts of the Thessalonians, by the finger of the Spirit of God, whereby they were dearly directed, and powerfully taught to exercise this grace, and discharge this duty, and under the influence of the same spirit did exercise it, it was unnecessary for the apostle to write about it, and press them to it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But as touching brotherly love - The “peculiar charity and affection which one Christian owes to another.” Doddridge; see the notes on John 13:34.

Ye need not that I write unto you - That is, “as I have done on the other points.” They were so taught of God in regard to this duty, that they did not need any special instruction.

For ye yourselves are taught of God - The word here rendered “taught of God” - θεοδίδακτοί theodidaktoi - occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. It is correctly translated, and must refer here to some direct teaching of God on their own hearts, for Paul speaks of their being so taught by him as to need no special precepts in the case. He probably refers to that influence exerted on them when, they became Christians, by which they were led to love all who bear the divine image. He calls this being “taught of God,” not because it was of the nature of revelation or inspiration, but because it was in fact the teaching of God in this case, though it was secret and silent. God has many ways of teaching people. The lessons which we learn from his Providence are a part of his instructions. The same is true of the decisions of our own consciences, and of the secret and silent influence of his Spirit on our hearts, disposing us to love what is lovely, and to do what ought to be done. In this manner all true Christians are taught to love those who bear the image of their Saviour. They feel that they are brethren; and such is their strong attachment to them, from the very nature of religion, that they do not need any express command of God to teach them to love them. It is one of the first - the elementary effects of religion on the soul, to lead us to love “the brethren” - and to do this is one of the evidences of piety about which there need be no danger of deception; compare 1 John 3:14.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 9. Touching brotherly love — They were remarkable for this; and though the apostle appears to have had this as a topic on which he intended to write to them, yet, from the account which he received of their prosperous state by Timothy, he finds that it is unnecessary to spend any time in inculcating a doctrine which they fully understood and practised. See 1 Thessalonians 3:6.