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The second is like this, `You shall love your neighbor as yourself.` There is no other commandment greater than these."
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Commentators explain that Jesus intentionally gave two commandments when asked for one. Loving your neighbor is not a separate, secondary duty but the natural and inseparable outgrowth of loving God. As one scholar notes, these two commands 'belong together; they cannot be separated.' True love for God will always manifest in love for others.
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19th Century
Anglican
And the second is like, namely, this...—Better, And the second is this. The better manuscripts omit “like.”
Baptist
He had so decisively routed all his questioners that no other man had the audacity to court defeat at his hands. The infallible wisdom of Christ ha…
Jesus brought Lev 19:18 together with Dt 6:5 to show that love of “neighbor” (GK 4446) is a natural and logical outgrowth of love for God. These tw…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the second is like "To it", as in (Matthew 22:39) and so it is read here in two ancient copies of Be…
Presbyterian
Those who sincerely desire to be taught their duty, Christ will guide in judgment and teach His way. He tells the scribe that the great commandment…
