Hi SkyWriting, you make a good point
, because it's extremely important to understand what the Bible means (as well what it doesn't mean) when it talks about "love".
Yours and His,
David
1 Corinthians 13
6 Love .. does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth.
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I often go over that, and it's time again I guess.
The first is WHY.
The Second is HOW.
Mark 12:28-34
And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” Jesus answered,
“The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
Leviticus 19:18
Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people,
but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
Matthew 7:12
"Do for others what you would want them to do for you: this is the meaning of the Law of Moses and of the teachings of the prophets.
Luke 6:31
And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.
James 2:8
If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
John 13:34-35
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Galatians 5:14
For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Luke 6:31
And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.
Luke 10:27
And he answered, “You shall 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 your neighbor as yourself.”
Romans 13:8-10
Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
James 4:11-12
Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy.
But who are you to judge your neighbor?
