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NASB | Romans 13:8 ¶ Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 13:8 ¶ Owe nothing to anyone except to love and seek the best for one another; for he who [unselfishly] loves his neighbor has fulfilled the [essence of the] law [relating to one's fellowman]. [Matt 22:36-40] |
Bible Question: I am a rookie at studying the bible and I have got confused several times in several spots. Though I have read it for years not till recently have I started to study it, to study the bible is a very confusing thing to do for me because I am starting to find it to have many confusing parts to it. When I was reading of the 10 commandments I notice never once where the commandments directed to use. In truth they where directed to the children of Israel. Can someone tell me where to find information in the bible to where the 10 commandments are directed to us as Christians? |
Bible Answer: Hi, JOEB! Welcome to the forum! I know that there are many passages in the Bible that seem troublesome... don't despair this forum can help you study the Bible... just be confident in the Lord and the Holy Spirit will enlighten you! You've received some excellent responses to your query... in the interest of keeping it simple (playing on the words on your post), I wanted to add: 34Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. 35One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: 36"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" 37Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' 38This is the first and greatest commandment. 39And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' 40All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." (Matthew 22:34-40) Jesus Christ sums up the 10 Commandments into two parts: the Love of God and the love of man--no one who practices these two Commandments will transgress against God nor man for it is impossitble to simultaneously love and hurt the object of that love! 15"If you love Me, you will keep My commandments (John 14:15) 21"He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him." 22Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, "Lord, what then has happened that You are going to disclose Yourself to us and not to the world?" 23Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him. 24"He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father's who sent Me. (John 21-24) Here, Jesus makes a direct connection between loving Him and abiding in Him by keeping/obeying His Commandments: He Commands that to love Hime we, both Jews and Christians, must obey/keep His Commandments! God Bless! Angel |