Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in 1 Thessalonians 4:9

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

1 Thessalonians 4:9 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in 1 Thessalonians 4:9, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of 1 Thessalonians 4. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.

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

10 And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;

11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • 1 John 3:11For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
  • Romans 12:10Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
  • 1 John 3:23And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
  • John 13:34A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
  • Hebrews 13:1Let brotherly love continue.
  • 1 John 4:21And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
  • 1 John 2:10He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
  • 1 Thessalonians 5:1But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
  • 1 Peter 4:8And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
  • Acts 4:32And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
  • John 15:12This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
  • Ephesians 5:1Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
  • 2 Peter 1:7And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
  • Hebrews 10:16This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

More to meet God in 1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 5:161 Thessalonians 5:171 Thessalonians 5:181 Thessalonians 1:51 Thessalonians 1:31 Thessalonians 4:61 Thessalonians 4:31 Thessalonians 2:161 Thessalonians 1:101 Thessalonians 2:131 Thessalonians 5:121 Thessalonians 5:211 Thessalonians 5:151 Thessalonians 5:14

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.