Galatians 5:14
For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment, namely,“You must love your neighbor as yourself.”
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- Lev 19:18 : 18 You must not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people, but you must love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
- Matt 7:12 : 12 In everything, treat others as you would want them to treat you, for this fulfills the law and the prophets.
- Matt 22:39-40 : 39 The second is like it:‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 All the law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.”
- Rom 13:8-9 : 8 Exhortation to Love Neighbors Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments,“Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not covet,”(and if there is any other commandment) are summed up in this,“Love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
- Gal 6:2 : 2 Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
- Jas 2:8-9 : 8 But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture,“You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. 9 But if you show prejudice, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as violators. 10 For the one who obeys the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it. 11 For he who said,“Do not commit adultery,” also said,“Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a violator of the law.
- Mark 12:31 : 31 The second is:‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
- Matt 19:18-19 : 18 “Which ones?” he asked. Jesus replied,“Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, 19 honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.”
- Luke 10:27-37 : 27 The expert answered,“Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and love your neighbor as yourself.” 28 Jesus said to him,“You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.” 29 But the expert, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus,“And who is my neighbor?” 30 Jesus replied,“A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him up, and went off, leaving him half dead. 31 Now by chance a priest was going down that road, but when he saw the injured man he passed by on the other side. 32 So too a Levite, when he came up to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan who was traveling came to where the injured man was, and when he saw him, he felt compassion for him. 34 He went up to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring olive oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper, saying,‘Take care of him, and whatever else you spend, I will repay you when I come back this way.’ 36 Which of these three do you think became a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” 37 The expert in religious law said,“The one who showed mercy to him.” So Jesus said to him,“Go and do the same.”
- John 13:34 : 34 “I give you a new commandment– to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
- Mark 12:33 : 33 And to love him with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your strength and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
- Lev 19:34 : 34 The resident foreigner who lives with you must be to you like a native citizen among you; so you must love him as yourself, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
- 1 Tim 1:5 : 5 But the aim of our instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith.
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8 Exhortation to Love Neighbors Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
9 For the commandments,“Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not covet,”(and if there is any other commandment) are summed up in this,“Love your neighbor as yourself.”
10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
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8 But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture,“You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
9 But if you show prejudice, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as violators.
10 For the one who obeys the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.
11 For he who said,“Do not commit adultery,” also said,“Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a violator of the law.
12 Speak and act as those who will be judged by a law that gives freedom.
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13 Practice Love For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh, but through love serve one another.
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36 “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?”
37 Jesus said to him,“‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
38 This is the first and greatest commandment.
39 The second is like it:‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
40 All the law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.”
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15 However, if you continually bite and devour one another, beware that you are not consumed by one another.
16 But I say, live by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh.
17 For the flesh has desires that are opposed to the Spirit, and the Spirit has desires that are opposed to the flesh, for these are in opposition to each other, so that you cannot do what you want.
18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
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2 Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
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30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’
31 The second is:‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
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19 honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.”
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12 My commandment is this– to love one another just as I have loved you.
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27 The expert answered,“Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and love your neighbor as yourself.”
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43 Love for Enemies“You have heard that it was said,‘Love your neighbor’ and‘hate your enemy.’
44 But I say to you, love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you,
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14 For whenever the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature the things required by the law, these who do not have the law are a law to themselves.
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12 In everything, treat others as you would want them to treat you, for this fulfills the law and the prophets.
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23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
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33 And to love him with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your strength and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
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18 You must not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people, but you must love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
- John 13:34-352 verses70%
34 “I give you a new commandment– to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
35 Everyone will know by this that you are my disciples– if you have love for one another.”
- Luke 6:31-322 verses70%
31 Treat others in the same way that you would want them to treat you.
32 “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
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2 Let each of us please his neighbor for his good to build him up.
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4 so that the righteous requirement of the law may be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
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13 bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if someone happens to have a complaint against anyone else. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also forgive others.
14 And to all these virtues add love, which is the perfect bond.
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21 And the commandment we have from him is this: that the one who loves God should love his fellow Christian too.
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32 Instead, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.
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17 This I command you– to love one another.
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15 For the law brings wrath, because where there is no law there is no transgression either.
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9 Now on the topic of brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.
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11 Dear friends, if God so loved us, then we also ought to love one another.
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14 Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to arouse its desires.
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8 Above all keep your love for one another fervent, because love covers a multitude of sins.
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4 For Christ is the end of the law, with the result that there is righteousness for everyone who believes.
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7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! Certainly, I would not have known sin except through the law. For indeed I would not have known what it means to desire something belonging to someone else if the law had not said,“Do not covet.”
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18 I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth pass away not the smallest letter or stroke of a letter will pass from the law until everything takes place.