Bible Cross References
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Matthew 7:12
"Do for others what you want them to do for you: this is the meaning of the Law of Moses and of the teachings of the prophets.
John 1:17
God gave the Law through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
Romans 3:19-21
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Now we know that everything in the Law applies to those who live under the Law, in order to stop all human excuses and bring the whole world under God's judgment.
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For no one is put right in God's sight by doing what the Law requires; what the Law does is to make us know that we have sinned.
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But now God's way of putting people right with himself has been revealed. It has nothing to do with law, even though the Law of Moses and the prophets gave their witness to it.
Romans 13:9
The commandments, "Do not commit adultery; do not commit murder; do not steal; do not desire what belongs to someone else"---all these, and any others besides, are summed up in the one command, "Love your neighbor as you love yourself."
1 Timothy 1:5
The purpose of this order is to arouse the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a genuine faith.
1 John 4:7-11
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Dear friends, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Whoever loves is a child of God and knows God.
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Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.
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And God showed his love for us by sending his only Son into the world, so that we might have life through him.
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This is what love is: it is not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the means by which our sins are forgiven.
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Dear friends, if this is how God loved us, then we should love one another.
1 John 4:19-21
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We love because God first loved us.
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If we say we love God, but hate others, we are liars. For we cannot love God, whom we have not seen, if we do not love others, whom we have seen.
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The command that Christ has given us is this: whoever loves God must love others also.
James 2:8
You will be doing the right thing if you obey the law of the Kingdom, which is found in the scripture, "Love your neighbor as you love yourself."