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He answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself."
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The Law's Impossible Standard
Commentators like Charles Spurgeon emphasize that this command to love God with one's entire being sets a perfect, yet humanly impossible, standard. No one can fulfill this on their own. This realization is meant to drive us to see our need for God's grace and a Savior, as we cannot earn eternal life through our own works.
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And he answering (ο δε αποκριθεις). First aorist participle, no longer passive in idea. The lawyer's answer is first from the S…
19th Century
Baptist
And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted Him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? And He, answering, said, Thou…
The expert on the law answers Jesus’ question by quoting a commandment (cf. Matthew 22:37–40). The answer is satisfactory so far as it g…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he answering said, you shall love the Lord your God , &c.] This was part of their phylacteries, which they recited ev…
Presbyterian
If we speak of eternal life, and the way to it, in a careless manner, we take the name of God in vain. No one will ever love God and his neighbor w…
