The Essence of the Law

12 “And now, Israel, (A)what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to (B)love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

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(A)You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, (B)with all your soul, and with all your strength.

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He has (A)shown you, O man, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
But (B)to do justly,
To love [a]mercy,
And to walk humbly with your God?

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 6:8 Or lovingkindness

33 You shall walk in (A)all the ways which the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may live (B)and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess.

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27 So he answered and said, (A)‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,’ and (B)‘your neighbor as yourself.’

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13 ‘And it shall be that if you earnestly [a]obey My commandments which I command you today, to love the Lord your God and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,

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  1. Deuteronomy 11:13 Lit. listen to

29 Jesus answered him, “The [a]first of all the commandments is: (A)‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 And you shall (B)love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ [b]This is the first commandment. 31 And the second, like it, is this: (C)‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than (D)these.”

32 So the scribe said to Him, “Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, for there is one God, (E)and there is no other but He. 33 And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, [c]with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, (F)is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 12:29 foremost
  2. Mark 12:30 NU omits the rest of v. 30.
  3. Mark 12:33 NU omits with all the soul

37 Jesus said to him, (A)“‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

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19 (A)We love [a]Him because He first loved us.

Obedience by Faith

20 (B)If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, [b]how can he love God (C)whom he has not seen?

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  1. 1 John 4:19 NU omits Him
  2. 1 John 4:20 NU he cannot

13 You shall (A)fear the Lord your God and serve Him, and (B)shall take oaths in His name.

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29 (A)But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

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Who is he who overcomes the world, but (A)he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

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28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we [a]may (A)serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.

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  1. Hebrews 12:28 M omits may

Trained by Saving Grace

11 For (A)the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12 teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age,

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The Church Prospers

31 (A)Then the [a]churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were (B)edified.[b] And walking in the (C)fear of the Lord and in the (D)comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were (E)multiplied.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 9:31 NU church . . . was
  2. Acts 9:31 built up

“For then I will restore to the peoples (A)a pure [a]language,
That they all may call on the name of the Lord,
To serve Him with one accord.

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  1. Zephaniah 3:9 Lit. lip

20 (A)that they may walk in My statutes and keep My judgments and do them; (B)and they shall be My people, and I will be their God.

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39 then I will (A)give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them. 40 And (B)I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good; but (C)I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me.

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20 (A)The Lord preserves all who love Him,
But all the wicked He will destroy.

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13 “Oh,(A) that My people would listen to Me,
That Israel would walk in My ways!

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Oh, fear the Lord, you His saints!
There is no [a]want to those who fear Him.

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  1. Psalm 34:9 lack

11 If they obey and serve Him,
They shall (A)spend their days in prosperity,
And their years in pleasures.

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But (A)take[a] careful heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, (B)to love the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”

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  1. Joshua 22:5 be very careful to do

20 that you may love the Lord your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your (A)life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.”

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Do Not Love the World

15 (A)Do not love the world or the things in the world. (B)If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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