He therefore that [a]despiseth these things, despiseth not man, but God who hath even given you his holy Spirit.

[b]But as touching brotherly love, ye need not that I write unto you: (A)for ye are taught of God to love one another.

10 Yea, and that thing verily ye do unto all the brethren, which are throughout all Macedonia: but we beseech you brethren, that ye increase more and more,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 4:8 These commandments which I gave you.
  2. 1 Thessalonians 4:9 Thirdly, he requireth a ready mind to all manner of lovingkindness, and exhorteth them to profit more and more in that virtue.

Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit.(A)

Now about your love for one another(B) we do not need to write to you,(C) for you yourselves have been taught by God(D) to love each other.(E) 10 And in fact, you do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia.(F) Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more,(G)

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