⁵ Love^(A) the Lord your God with all your heart^(B) and with all your soul and with all your strength.^(C)

⁹ Know therefore that the Lord your God is God;^(A) he is the faithful God,^(B) keeping his covenant of love^(C) to a thousand generations^(D) of those who love him and keep his commandments.^(E)

Fear the Lord

¹² And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you^(A) but to fear^(B) the Lord your God, to walk^(C) in obedience to him, to love him,^(D) to serve the Lord^(E) your God with all your heart^(F) and with all your soul,^{(G) 13} and to observe the Lord’s commands^(H) and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?^(I)

¹⁴ To the Lord your God belong the heavens,^(J) even the highest heavens,^(K) the earth and everything in it.^{(L) 15} Yet the Lord set his affection on your ancestors and loved^(M) them, and he chose you,^(N) their descendants, above all the nations—as it is today.^{(O) 16} Circumcise^(P) your hearts,^(Q) therefore, and do not be stiff-necked^(R) any longer.

¹⁹ And you are to love^(A) those who are foreigners,^(B) for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt.^(C)

⁶ The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants,^(A) so that you may love^(B) him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live.