4:9 Now on the topic of brotherly love 1 you have no need for anyone to write you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.
5:1 Now on the topic of times and seasons, 2 brothers and sisters, 3 you have no need for anything to be written to you.
5:12 Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, 4 to acknowledge those who labor among you and preside over you in the Lord and admonish you,
1 tn Grk “concerning brotherly love.”
2 tn Grk “concerning the times and the seasons,” a reference to future periods of eschatological fulfillment (cf. Acts 1:7).
3 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:4.
4 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:4.