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A second likewise is this, `You shall love your neighbor as yourself.`
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Love for Neighbor Flows from God
Commentators like John Calvin and Thomas Aquinas explain that the second command is not separate from the first but flows directly from it. True, selfless love for our neighbor is impossible unless the love of God reigns in our hearts first. Furthermore, because people are made in God's image, loving our neighbor becomes an expression of our love for God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The second is like unto it (Leviticus 19:18). It resembles it in importance, dignity, purity, and usefulness. This had not bee…
19th Century
Anglican
You shall love your neighbor—The words were found, strangely enough, in the book which is, for the most part, pre-eminently ceremonial ([R…
Baptist
The answer is wider than the question. The lawyer asked about “the great commandment.” Christ answered his inquiry and then added, “and the second …
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Jesus first quotes Dt 6:5 and then Lev 19:18. From the viewpoint of biblical anthropology, “heart” (GK 2840), “soul” (GK 6034), and “mind” (GK 1379…
16th Century
Protestant
And the second is like it. He assigns the second place to mutual kindness among people, for the worship of God is first …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the second is like unto it For there is but a second, not a third: this is suggested in opposition to the numerous co…
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An interpreter of the law asked our Lord a question, to test, not so much his knowledge, as his judgment. The love of God is the first and great co…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, the Lord answered the question concerning the payment of tribute and the question about the resurrection. Here, however, He answers a q…
