Brethren We have to Love One Another

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John 13:34
33 Little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for Me, and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you: ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’ 34 A new commandment I give you:Love one another. As I have loved you, so also you must love one another. 35 By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”…

important commandments are love of God and love of neighbor (Matt. 22:34–40). Even this teaching, however, reflects the Ten Commandments. Broadly speaking, we can divide these laws into two categories. The first category, consisting of the first four commandments (having no other gods, making no images of the divine nature, honoring God’s name, and Sabbath-keeping; see Ex. 20:3–11), deals primarily with the love of God. Love of neighbor is emphasized in the second category, which includes the other six commandments (honoring parents and the prohibition of murder, adultery, theft, false witness, and covetousness; see vv. 12–17).
This twofold division, in turn, has influenced the way theologians have spoken of God’s law. Question and answer 93 of the Heidelberg Catechism divides the Ten Commandments into “two tables,” each of which corresponds to the division we noted in the preceding paragraph. Again, this is very common in church history. For example, John Calvin divides the Ten Commandments in this way (Institutes 2.8.11–12). Historically, Christian thinkers have said the stone tablets given to Moses (Ex. 31:18) reflected this division, with the first four commandments appearing on the first tablet and the second six commandments appearing on the second tablet. Archaeological discoveries, however, indicate it is possible that each tablet had all ten of the commandments inscribed upon it. In any case, the division of the Ten Commandments is sound theologically. If we want to know the specific ways to love God and neighbor rightly, we must look to the Ten Commandments.

Cross References
Leviticus 19:18
'You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the LORD.

Matthew 5:44
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

John 15:12
This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

John 15:17
This is My command to you: Love one another.

Romans 12:10
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.

Romans 13:8
Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love, for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the Law.

Romans 13:10
Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the Law.

Galatians 5:14
The entire Law is fulfilled in a single decree: "Love your neighbor as yourself."

Ephesians 5:2
and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

1 Thessalonians 4:9
Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.

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