The Nature of Brotherly Love
1 Thessalonians 4:9-11
But as touching brotherly love you need not that I write to you: for you yourselves are taught of God to love one another.…


When as a Christian Church, we cultivate a spirit of mutual trustfulness; when each esteems the other better than himself; when the strong delight to recover and support the weak; when the wise are patient and gentle towards those of fewer attainments; when we are careful of each other's reputation, and gentle to one another's infirmities; when we are pitiful, long suffering, condescending, unsuspicious, and self-sacrificing, then will men remember that it is written, "A new commandment I give unto you," etc.

(J. Parker, D. D.)



Parallel Verses
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,




The Means of Creating and Promoting Brotherly Love
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