The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”

If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.

Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you.

In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.

The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he grow weary and hate you. Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.

He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

Do to others as you would have them do to you.

honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’”

Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD. You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him. Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.

Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke? Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard. Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and malicious talk, and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday. . . .

These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,

The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”—when you already have the means.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely, for I hate all these things,” declares the LORD.

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”

And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.

But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “What is written in the Law?” Jesus replied. “How do you read it?” He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” “You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.” But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” . . .

Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

A Psalm of David. O LORD, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy mountain? He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart, who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,

No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.

If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?

Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.

Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

Continue in brotherly love. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.

Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.

This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.

Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.

Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”

In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”

Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”

This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.

And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.

“If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him or stolen, or if he extorts his neighbor or finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely, or if he commits any such sin that a man might commit— once he has sinned and becomes guilty, he must return what he has stolen or taken by extortion, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost property he found, or anything else about which he has sworn falsely. He must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value, and pay it to the owner on the day he acknowledges his guilt.

You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’

The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.

Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.

Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.

You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.

And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows,

But when a Samaritan on a journey came upon him, he looked at him and had compassion.

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’

Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.

For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.

Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.

If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.

Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on another. For on whatever grounds you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.

but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be! Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.

“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,

But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.

Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”—when you already have the means. Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you.

If you see the donkey of one who hates you fallen under its load, do not leave it there; you must help him with it.

A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”

A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.

One person regards a certain day above the others, while someone else considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.

If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the voice of the LORD your God: You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country. The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks. Your basket and kneading bowl will be blessed. . . .

You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him.

You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even tax collectors do the same? And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even Gentiles do the same? . . .

Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.

We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.

Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.

And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

“The one who showed him mercy,” replied the expert in the law. Then Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”

Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in, I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’ Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink? When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? . . .

Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.

And God spoke all these words: “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, . . .

If a thief is caught breaking in and is beaten to death, no one shall be guilty of bloodshed. But if it happens after sunrise, there is guilt for his bloodshed. A thief must make full restitution; if he has nothing, he himself shall be sold for his theft.

A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace and peace to you from God our Father. We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all the saints— the faith and love proceeding from the hope stored up for you in heaven, of which you have already heard in the word of truth, the gospel . . .

Masters, supply your slaves with what is right and fair, since you know that you also have a Master in heaven. Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful, as you pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. Pray that I may declare it clearly, as I should. Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time. . . .

For I want you to know how much I am struggling for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me face to face, that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric. For although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I delight to see your orderly condition and firm faith in Christ. . . .

The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, which is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,