12Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
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And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. …
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. …
And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: …
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-14)Our Lord Jesus here presses upon us that righteousness towards men which is an essential branch of true religion, and that religion towards God which is an essential branch of universal righteousness. I. We must make righteousness our rule, and be ruled by it, Matt. 7:12. Therefore , lay this down for your principle, to do as you would be done by; therefore, that you may conform to the foregoing p…
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