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

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;

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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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