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1 Thessalonians 4:9
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9 But [de] as touching [peri] brotherly love [philadelphia] ye need [echo] [chreia] not [ou] that I write [grapho] unto you: [humin] for [gar] ye [humeis] yourselves [autos] are [este] taught of God [theodidaktos] to [eis] love [agapao] one another. [allelon] KJV-Interlinear
9 Now as to the love of the brethren, you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another; NASB
You have within you, intellect, common sense, and intuition (natural instincts). Among these three, God makes the various principles of life clear to one and all.
There is no need to teach each person, the difference between right and wrong. Even those who grow up in third world settings, among hate and radical teachings, and especially where the scriptures of the Bible are not readily available, it is possible for a person to reach the right conclusions about life, about people, and about relationships between people.
Paul makes it clear here, that no writing is required in order to instruct folks as to how they should deal with others.
Granted there are those who are heartless and hard cases with respect to their dealings with others. But even the worst of criminal attitudes, knows that his views are wrong. He simply does not care to make the effort of being friendly, or honest, or sociable.
And if the hardest of stubborn attitudes can know this difference, then certainly you, who are most likely not so criminally inclined, should be able to discern between how to act with others and how not to act in public.
This difference is made clear by God Himself.
In all the world, the acts and truths of God are made known in innumerable ways. Unbelievers come to God consciousness through their environment, simply by their observations in life.
Believers in Christ have already passed this barrier of faith, and their perceptions should be all the more clear to them.
But whether believer or unbeliever, the interactions between people is a common experience, of which everyone sooner or later, comes to the understanding of what is appropriate and what is inappropriate.
Being a believer in Christ, you have even greater responsibility to follow the mandates from God, with respect to how you deal with others. Having eternity and your spiritual life on the line every moment of your life, any inappropriate behavior only brings you great loss, in exchange for nothing being gained by bad behavior.
God did not place you on this earth, to judge or criticize or complain about others, or even to be downright mean. He placed you here to grow up in your spiritual life, and to be responsible.
And whether you are an unbeliever or believer, you have no excuses for bad behavior. All of your choices in life come from your own decisions, and your decisions come from your own thinking, and no one can reach inside of your mind, and force or coerce or threaten, or cause pain for you in order to force any thinking upon you, without your accepting it first.
Even in pain, fear or weakness, you still know the difference between right and wrong.
