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Duty » To brethren » To neighbours
But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well.
You must not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people, but you must love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.
The second is: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."
Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for his good to build him up.
For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment, namely, "You must love your neighbor as yourself."
Law » What is the fulfilling of the law
But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well.
In everything, treat others as you would want them to treat you, for this fulfills the law and the prophets.
Now an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus, saying, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you understand it?" The expert answered, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and love your neighbor as yourself." read more.
Jesus said to him, "You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live."
Jesus said to him, "You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live."
Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, "Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not covet," (and if there is any other commandment) are summed up in this, "Love your neighbor as yourself." Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment, namely, "You must love your neighbor as yourself."
"Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?" Jesus said to him, "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. read more.
The second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."
The second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."
Now one of the experts in the law came and heard them debating. When he saw that Jesus answered them well, he asked him, "Which commandment is the most important of all?" Jesus answered, "The most important is: 'Listen, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.' read more.
The second is: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these." The expert in the law said to him, "That is true, Teacher; you are right to say that he is one, and there is no one else besides him. And to love him with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your strength and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices."
The second is: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these." The expert in the law said to him, "That is true, Teacher; you are right to say that he is one, and there is no one else besides him. And to love him with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your strength and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices."
The law of God » Is the rule of life to saints
To those free from the law I became like one free from the law (though I am not free from God's law but under the law of Christ) to gain those free from the law.
For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment, namely, "You must love your neighbor as yourself."
Love to man » Is the fulfilling of the law
But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well.
Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, "Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not covet," (and if there is any other commandment) are summed up in this, "Love your neighbor as yourself." Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment, namely, "You must love your neighbor as yourself."
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Duty of neighbours
But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well.
You must not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people, but you must love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.
The second is: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."
Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for his good to build him up.
For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment, namely, "You must love your neighbor as yourself."