Matthew 22:40

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All the Law and the Prophets depend on these two commandments.

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  • Matt 7:12 : 12 So in everything, do to others what you would want them to do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
  • Rom 13:9 : 9 For the commandments, 'You shall not commit adultery,' 'You shall not murder,' 'You shall not steal,' 'You shall not bear false witness,' 'You shall not covet,' and any other commandment, are summed up in this statement: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
  • 1 John 4:7-9 : 7 Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 By this, the love of God was revealed among us: that God sent His only Son into the world so that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
  • 1 John 4:19-21 : 19 We love because He first loved us. 20 If anyone says, 'I love God,' but hates their brother or sister, they are a liar. For the one who does not love their brother or sister whom they have seen cannot love God whom they have not seen. 21 And this commandment we have from Him: Whoever loves God must also love their brother or sister.
  • John 1:17 : 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
  • Rom 3:19-21 : 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. 20 Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin. 21 But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, testified to by the Law and the Prophets.
  • 1 Tim 1:5 : 5 The goal of our instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and sincere faith.
  • Jas 2:8 : 8 If you truly fulfill the royal law according to Scripture, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself,' you are doing well.

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