Nolland notes that the idea of reciprocity, doing good to those who do you good, and evil to those who do you evil was also a central doctrine of Greco-Roman ethics, addressed by scholars such as Plato. 34 The stranger who dwells among you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God. 33 ‘And if a stranger dwells with you in your land, you shall not mistreat him. This can be seen in Leviticus 19:33-34, where God says. There is none other commandment greater than. Yes, the command to 'love your neighbor as yourself' is universal. One of the clearest hatred commands is found in the rules of the Qumran community, which stated that believers should love everyone God has elected and hate everyone he has cast aside. The meaning of the verse, And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. At the time Jewish thinkers were thus divided, some extolled universal love, others hatred of enemies. However at several places in the Old Testament there are also limited calls to love one's enemies such as 1 Samuel 24:19. Nowhere in the Old Testament does it directly state that one should hate one's enemies, but it is implied by several verses, such as in Psalm 137 that calls for vengeance. As the second part makes clear, however, Jesus was probably not making a reference to scripture, but rather to a common interpretation. In full the Leviticus verse states that you should love your neighbour "as you love yourself." Leaving out this last phrase somewhat reduces its demands. In Jesus' time neighbour was interpreted to mean fellow Israelites, and to exclude all others. "Love your neighbour" comes from Leviticus 19:18 and is part of the Great Commandment. This verse begins like the other antitheses with a reference to the Old Testament. "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.'" The World English Bible translates the passage as: Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: German Old Testament scholar Albrecht Alt. The New Testament is in agreement that murder is a grave moral evil, and references the Old Testament view of bloodguilt. This verse is the opening of the final antithesis, that on the commandment to " Love thy neighbour as thyself".Ĭontent The Greek text of Matthew 5:42-45 with a decorated headpiece in Folio 51 recto of Lectionary 240 (12th century) The Strangite fourth Commandment is 'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.'. Matthew 5:43 is the forty-third verse of the fifth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount. Woodcut for "Die Bibel in Bildern", 1860.
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