This means that God takes sin seriously, and such condemnation may fall upon us, even in a professed state of righteousness, for our injustice, our indifference to human needs, or any other sin
against the love commandment.
Not exact matches
We give much attention to the
commandment against adultery, but it is no more vital to
love than the injunction to seek justice.
They have turned their back
against God's most important
commandment -
love thy neighbor as thy self.
The prophets asserted the demand of the clean heart
against all the specific requirements of the law.30 Jesus summed up all the law in the two
commandments to
love God and our neighbor.31 Paul puts it radically when he says, «All things are lawful for me; but all things edify not «32 It is in the actual service of my neighbor's need and my own that the ultimate permission or prohibition of any action lies.
The Golden Rule also has roots in the two old testament edicts, found in Leviticus 19:18 («Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge
against one of your people, but
love your neighbor as yourself»; see also Great
Commandment)
The Golden Rule also has roots in the two old testament edicts, found in Leviticus 19:18 («Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge
against one of your people, but
love your neighbor as yourself»; see also Great
Commandment) and Leviticus 19:34 («But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt
love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God»).