19 You know the commandments: (A)‘Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.’”

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For the commandments, (A)“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: (B)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

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12 (A)“Honor your father and your mother, (B)that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

13 (C)“You shall not murder.[a]

14 (D)“You shall not commit adultery.

15 (E)“You shall not steal.

16 (F)“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

17 (G)“You shall not covet (H)your neighbor's house; (I)you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 20:13 The Hebrew word also covers causing human death through carelessness or negligence

11 For he who said, (A)“Do not commit adultery,” also said, (B)“Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.

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To have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. (A)Why not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded? But you yourselves wrong and defraud—even (B)your own brothers![a]

Or do you not know that the unrighteous[b] will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: (C)neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 6:8 Or brothers and sisters
  2. 1 Corinthians 6:9 Or wrongdoers
  3. 1 Corinthians 6:9 The two Greek terms translated by this phrase refer to the passive and active partners in consensual homosexual acts

20 You know the commandments: (A)‘Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.’”

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17 And he said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. (A)If you would enter life, keep the commandments.” 18 He said to him, “Which ones?” And Jesus said, (B)“You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, 19 Honor your father and mother, and, (C)You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

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that no one transgress and (A)wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is (B)an avenger in all these things, as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you.

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14 For (A)the whole law is fulfilled in one word: (B)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

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Example of Hagar and Sarah

21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law?

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20 For (A)by works of the law no human being[a] will be justified in his sight, since (B)through the law comes knowledge of sin.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 3:20 Greek flesh

26 He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” 27 And he answered, (A)“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 (B)your neighbor as yourself.” 28 And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; (C)do this, and you will live.”

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The Great Commandment

28 (A)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?” 29 Jesus answered, “The most important is, (B)‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, (C)the Lord is one. 30 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.’ 31 (D)The second is this: (E)‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment (F)greater than these.” 32 And the scribe said to him, “You are right, Teacher. You have truly said that (G)he is one, and (H)there is no other besides him. 33 And to love him with all the heart and with all (I)the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, (J)is much more than all (K)whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” 34 And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” (L)And after that no one dared to ask him any more questions.

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