And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
| Word | Greek | Strong’s | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| And | δὲ de | G1161 | but · conjunction |
| the second | δευτέρα deutera | G1208 | (ordinal) second (in time · adjective — nominative singular feminine |
| like | ὁμοία homoia | G3664 | similar (in appearance or character) · adjective — nominative singular feminine |
| unto it | αὐτῇ· autēa | G846 | the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — dative singular feminine |
| Thou shalt love | ἀγαπήσεις agapēseis | G25 | to love (in a social or moral sense) · verb — future active indicative, 2nd person singular |
| thy | σοῦ soû | G4675 | of thee |
| neighbour | πλησίον plēsion | G4139 | (adverbially) close by · adverb |
| as | ὡς hōs | G5613 | which how · particle |
| thyself | σεαυτοῦ seautoû | G4572 | of (with |
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For many are called, but few are chosen--So Mat 19:30. See on Mat 20:16. Next: Matthew Chapter 23
And the second is like unto it,.... For there is but a second, not a third: this is suggested in opposition to the numerous commandments in the law, according to the opinion of the Jews, who reckon them in all to be "six hundred and thirteen": of which there are "three hundred and sixty five" negative ones, according to the number of the days of the year; and "two hundred and forty eight" affirmative ones, according to the members of a man's body (z). Christ reduces all to two, love to God, and love to the neighbour; and the latter is the second in order of nature, time, dignity, and causality; the object of it being a creature; and the act itself being the effect of the former, yet like unt…
Read the whole note in the consoleMatthew 22:34-40 Matthew 22:34-40 Mark 12:28-34 Luke 10:25-37 34. But when the Pharisees heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they assembled together. 35. And one of them, a doctor of the law, put a question to him, tempting him, and saying, 36. Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37. Jesus saith to him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38. This is the first and great commandment. 39. And the second is like it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as much as thyself. 40. On these two commandments the whole law and the prophets depend. 28. And when one of the scribes came, and heard them disputing togethe…
Read the whole note in the consoleLove your neighbor as yourself: Lev 19:18; see also Rom 13:9; Gal 5:6, 14; Jas 2:8.
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But who loves man is as who loves God; for man is God's image, wherein God is loved, as a King is honoured in his statue. For this cause this commandment is said to be like the first.
Or otherwise; That the second command is like the first signifies that the obligation and merit of both are alike; for no love of God without Christ, or of Christ without God, can profit to salvation. It follows, On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.
(de Trin. viii. 6.) He that loves men ought to love them either because they are righteous, or that they may be righteous; and so also ought he to love himself either for that he is, or that he may be righteous. And thus without peril he may love his neighbour as himself.
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