Mat 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Mat 22:38 This is the first and great commandment.
Mat 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Mat 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
That says all the Law HANGS ON these two great Commands.
It says NOTHING about replacing them.
Mat 22:38 This is the first and great commandment.
Mat 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Mat 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
That says all the Law HANGS ON these two great Commands.
It says NOTHING about replacing them.
(This has been covered with you before here.)
And Jesus gave only two laws.
You do the math.
1Co 9:21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God,
but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
Do you have a clue as to what this is referring to?
but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
Do you have a clue as to what this is referring to?
Follow the blue text below for the skeleton of the sentence.
The red text found in other Greek manuscripts is not found in the Textus Receptus.
However, Paul's says the same thing in other places in the TR, e.g., Ro 6:14, 7:4;: Gal 5:18, 4:21, 2;19,
so there is no difference on that point.
1Co 9:20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, not being myself under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
1Co 9:21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
1Co 9:22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
1Co 9:21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
1Co 9:22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
Gal 6:2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Pull that out of context and then ignore this?
Rom 13:9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Rom 13:10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Says that how we love our neighbor is by keeping the Commandments...
Pull that out of context and then ignore this?
Rom 13:9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Rom 13:10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Says that how we love our neighbor is by keeping the Commandments...
The Greek reads: "the fulfillment (noun) then of the law is love"
it does not read: fulfilling (gerund) the law is love.
Gal 5:6 settles the plain meaning of the Greek in Ro 13:10:
"The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself in love."
Let's prosecute that statement.
Why is this the only thing that counts?
Because love necessarily results in doing the law, for
if I love God, I will not take his name in vain, nor worship idols,
nor neglect assembling with the brothers in worship;
if I love my parents, I will not dishonor them;
if I love my neighbors, I will not steal from them, nor murder them,
nor commit adultery with their spouses, nor lust after their possessions.
Love necessarily results in doing the law.
Therefore, love is the fulfillment (accomplishment) of the law.
We don't need a written code when love is written in our hearts.
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