13 Bible Verses about Duties To Neighbours
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And this is the second, 'You must love your neighbor as you do yourself.' No other command is greater than these."
Love never does a wrong to one's neighbor; so love is the perfect satisfaction of the law.
It is the duty of us who are strong to bear with the weaknesses of those who are not strong, and not merely to please ourselves.
Each one of us must practice pleasing his neighbor, to help in his immediate upbuilding for his eternal good.
For the whole law is summed up in one saying, "You must love your neighbor as you do yourself."
But if you really observe the law of the King in accordance with the Scripture, "You must love your neighbor as you do yourself," you are doing right;
Now the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, and so they had a meeting. And one of their number, an expert in the law, to tempt Him, asked, "Teacher, what sort of command is greatest in the law?"read more.
And He answered him, "'You must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, your whole soul, and your whole mind.' This is the greatest command, and is first in importance. The second is like it: 'You must love your neighbor as you do yourself.'
You must practice being kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has graciously forgiven you.
Then Peter came up to Him and asked, "Lord, how many times may my brother wrong me and I have to forgive him? As many as seven?" Jesus answered him: "I tell you, not as many as seven, but as many as seventy times seven! So the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who decided to settle up his accounts with his slaves,read more.
And when he began, a man was brought to him who owed him ten million dollars. And because he could not pay it, his master ordered him to be sold, yea, even his wife and children and all he had, and payment to be made. So the slave fell down at his feet and pleaded, 'Give me time, and I will pay you every cent of it.' And his master's heart was moved with pity, and he let the slave go free with his debt cancelled. "But that slave went out and found one of his fellow-slaves who owed him twenty dollars, and he caught him by the throat and began to choke him, demanding, 'Pay me what you owe me!' "And his fellow-slave fell down before him and pleaded, 'Give me time, and I will pay you.' But he refused and went out and had him put in jail until he should pay the debt. "When his fellow-slaves saw what had happened, they were greatly troubled, and went and reported all that happened to their master. Then his master called to him, and said, 'I cancelled all that huge debt of yours, because you pleaded with me to do so. Ought you not to have shown mercy to your fellow-slave, as I too had done for you?' And the master was enraged and turned him over to the official torturers, until he should pay the whole debt. This is the way my heavenly Father too will deal with you, if you do not, each one, heartily forgive your brother."
"Be always looking out for another. If your brother ever sins, reprove him, and if he repents, forgive him. Even if he sins against you seven times in a day and seven times turns to you and says, 'I am sorry,' you must forgive him."
It is the duty of us who are strong to bear with the weaknesses of those who are not strong, and not merely to please ourselves. Each one of us must practice pleasing his neighbor, to help in his immediate upbuilding for his eternal good.
forbearing one another and freely forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; just as the Lord has freely forgiven you, so must you also do.
There is but one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who has the power to save and to destroy; then who are you that you presume to judge your brother?
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