Verse 40

on these -- the two commands -- all the law and the prophets do hang.'

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 7:12 : 12 `All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.
  • Rom 13:9 : 9 for, `Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false testimony, Thou shalt not covet;' and if there is any other command, in this word it is summed up, in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself;'
  • 1 John 4:7-9 : 7 Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God; 8 he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love. 9 In this was manifested the love of God in us, because His Son -- the only begotten -- hath God sent to the world, that we may live through him; 10 in this is the love, not that we loved God, but that He did love us, and did send His Son a propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if thus did God love us, we also ought one another to love;
  • 1 John 4:19-21 : 19 we -- we love him, because He -- He first loved us; 20 if any one may say -- `I love God,' and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God -- whom he hath not seen -- how is he able to love? 21 and this `is' the command we have from Him, that he who is loving God, may also love his brother.
  • John 1:17 : 17 for the law through Moses was given, the grace and the truth through Jesus Christ did come;
  • Rom 3:19-21 : 19 And we have known that as many things as the law saith, to those in the law it doth speak, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may come under judgment to God; 20 wherefore by works of law shall no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin. 21 And now apart from law hath the righteousness of God been manifested, testified to by the law and the prophets,
  • 1 Tim 1:5 : 5 And the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned,
  • Jas 2:8 : 8 If, indeed, royal law ye complete, according to the Writing, `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself,' -- ye do well;