Matthew 22:40
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40 (A)On these two commandments depend (B)all the Law and the Prophets.”
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Romans 13:9
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9 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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Matthew 7:12
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The Golden Rule
12 “So (A)whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is (B)the Law and the Prophets.
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1 John 4:19-21
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19 (A)We love because he first loved us. 20 (B)If anyone says, “I love God,” and (C)hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot[a] love God (D)whom he has not seen. 21 And (E)this commandment we have from him: (F)whoever loves God must also love his brother.
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- 1 John 4:20 Some manuscripts how can he
1 John 4:7-11
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God Is Love
7 Beloved, (A)let us love one another, for love is from God, and (B)whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 (C)Anyone who does not love does not know God, because (D)God is love. 9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that (E)God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, (F)not that we have loved God (G)but that he loved us and sent his Son to be (H)the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
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James 2:8
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8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, (A)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
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John 1:17
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17 For (A)the law was given through Moses; (B)grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
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1 Timothy 1:5
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5 The aim of our charge is love (A)that issues from a pure heart and (B)a good conscience and (C)a sincere faith.
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Romans 3:19-21
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19 Now we know that whatever (A)the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, (B)so that every mouth may be stopped, and (C)the whole world may be held accountable to God. 20 For (D)by works of the law no human being[a] will be justified in his sight, since (E)through the law comes knowledge of sin.
The Righteousness of God Through Faith
21 But now (F)the righteousness of God (G)has been manifested apart from the law, although (H)the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it—
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- Romans 3:20 Greek flesh
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