King James Version

1 Thessalonians 4:9

In 1 Thessalonians 4 of 1 Thessalonians.

But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

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Περὶperias touchingπερίpreposition — “as touching”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.as touchingδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.φιλαδελφίαςphiladelphiasbrotherly loveφιλαδελφία (philadelphia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “brotherly love”, the of-formG5360brotherly love, love of Christian brethren.brotherly loveοὐounotοὐadverb — “not”G3756no, not.notχρείανchreianneedχρεία (chreia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “need”, the object formG5532need, necessity, business.This verse uses “need”.ἔχετεecheteto haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.γράφεινgrapheinto that I writeγράφω (graphō)verb, present active infinitive — “to that I write”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1125I write; pass: it is written, it stands written (in the scriptures).that I writeὑμῖνhuminunto youσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “unto you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.unto youαὐτοὶautoiyourselvesαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “yourselves”, the subject formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.yourselvesγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ὑμεῖςhumeisyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, nominative, plural — “you”, the subject formG4771you.θεοδίδακτοίtheodidaktoitaught of Godθεοδίδακτος (theodidaktos)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “taught of God”, the subject formG2312taught by God, divinely instructed.taught of Godἐστεesteto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.εἰςeistoεἰςpreposition — “to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.toτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀγαπᾶνagapanto loveἀγαπάω (agapaō)verb, present active infinitive — “to love”, an ongoing or repeated actionG25I love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem.loveἀλλήλουςallēlousone anotherἀλλήλων (allēlōn)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “one another”, the object formG240one another, each other.one another

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And concerning the brotherly love, ye have no need of [my] writing to you, for ye yourselves are God-taught to love one another,

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American Standard Version (1901)

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;

Young’s Literal Translation

And concerning the brotherly love, ye have no need of [my] writing to you, for ye yourselves are God-taught to love one another,

World English Bible

But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,

Darby Translation

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.

Douay-Rheims

But as touching the charity of brotherhood, we have no need to write to you: for yourselves have learned of God to love one another.

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