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Love Is the Source
Commentators highlight that the verse presents a specific order: love, then obedience, then cleaving to God. Love is not just one of three equal commands; it is the essential foundation from which all true obedience flows. As Albert Barnes notes, love is the 'only source of obedience,' making it the primary condition for a life-giving relationship with God.
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Deuteronomy
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Albert Barnes
On Deuteronomy 30:11–20
18th Century
Theologian
Ignorance of the requirements of the law cannot be pleaded (Deuteronomy 30:10–14); therefore, life and death, good and evil, are solemn…
Charles Ellicott
On Deuteronomy 30:20
19th Century
Bishop
He is thy life, and the length of thy days. —This is the Old Testament form of a well-known saying in the New Testament, …
John Gill
On Deuteronomy 30:20
17th Century
Pastor
That you may love the Lord your God
And show it by keeping his commands:
[and] that you may obey …
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Matthew Henry
On Deuteronomy 30:15–20
17th Century
Minister
What could be said more moving, and more likely to make deep and lasting impressions? All people wish to obtain life and good, and to escape death …