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Is “Love your neighbor as yourself” in the Bible?
Yes. “Love your neighbor as yourself” is in the Bible, at Leviticus 19:18. God gives it to Israel in the law, and Jesus calls it the second greatest commandment.
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Where it is, and what it means there.
From the Bible
Yes. It is in the Bible.
The verse is Leviticus 19:18.
God gives it to Israel in the law, and Jesus calls it the second greatest commandment.
The verse
Do not take revenge on your own people or nurse a grudge against them; love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.
Leviticus 19:18 · open the chapter →
What it means there
In Leviticus it comes right after a ban on revenge and grudges. Asked who counts as a neighbor, Jesus told the story of the good Samaritan (Luke 10:29-37).
Also in the Bible
A second one is similar to it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
Matthew 22:39 · open the chapter →
The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
Mark 12:31 · open the chapter →
For the whole law finds its fulfillment in one saying, namely: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Galatians 5:14 · open the chapter →
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Is “Love your neighbor as yourself” in the Bible?
Yes. “Love your neighbor as yourself” is in the Bible, at Leviticus 19:18. These exact words are in 8 verses of the Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible. God gives it to Israel in the law, and Jesus calls it the second greatest commandment.
Where in the Bible is “Love your neighbor as yourself”?
In Leviticus 19:18, and also Matthew 22:39, Mark 12:31 and Galatians 5:14. In the Lumin Translation, Leviticus 19:18 reads: “Do not take revenge on your own people or nurse a grudge against them; love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.”
Who said “Love your neighbor as yourself”?
God gives it to Israel in the law, and Jesus calls it the second greatest commandment.
What does “Love your neighbor as yourself” mean in the Bible?
In Leviticus it comes right after a ban on revenge and grudges. Asked who counts as a neighbor, Jesus told the story of the good Samaritan (Luke 10:29-37).
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