LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS THYSELF

2 -Particular Themes, doctrines-

Leviticus 19:18 - 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.

1 John 4:11 - Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

Matthew 22:39 - And the second [is] like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Mark 12:31 - And the second [is] like, [namely] this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

Matthew 22:37-40 - 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 and thy shall love thy neighbor as thyself

Matthew 19:19 - Honour thy father and [thy] mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

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3. theological ideas or concepts

In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus is answering questions from the Pharisees and  the sagasees are seeing the multitudes astounded by his answers. A lawyer,, sagasee  asked him a question testing him:

 “Teacher, which is the greatest of the commandment of them all. “

You should love the lord, your god with all your heart, all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment

And the second is like it              (Jesus continues)

You shall love your neighbor as yourself. The theme or theological concept which is unfolding here in the bible study of verse, if how important this statement is. How the words of spirit are ever so connected to heart words, they are ever so close to the words which the disciples remember in Jesus, always love your god,

(Not love me Jesus) and love your neighbor as thyself. Is there a connection in thyself and Jesus that is being made over and over again? Are we truly praying for Jesus in all his forms within us that our souls awaken to as we gather together in praise and prayer?

There is also the theme that when to gather to pray in Matthew 18-20

"Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in heaven. For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst."