¹⁴ For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”^[a]

The Golden Rule

¹² “Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. This is the essence of all that is taught in the law and the prophets.

¹⁸ “Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against a fellow Israelite, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.

² Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ.

³⁴ So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other.

³¹ The second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’^[a] No other commandment is greater than these.”

³⁹ A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’^{[a] 40} The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.”

Love Fulfills God’s Requirements

⁸ Owe nothing to anyone—except for your obligation to love one another. If you love your neighbor, you will fulfill the requirements of God’s law. ⁹ For the commandments say, “You must not commit adultery. You must not murder. You must not steal. You must not covet.”^[a] These—and other such commandments—are summed up in this one commandment: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”^{[b] 10} Love does no wrong to others, so love fulfills the requirements of God’s law.

⁵ The purpose of my instruction is that all believers would be filled with love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and genuine faith.

³⁴ Treat them like native-born Israelites, and love them as you love yourself. Remember that you were once foreigners living in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.