Bible Verses about the Neighbor
| The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these. | The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these. |
| Finally, all of you should be united in spirit, sympathetic, filled with love for one another, compassionate, and humble. | Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. |
| No one should seek his own advantage in preference to that of his neighbor. | Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor. |
| Therefore, encourage one another and strengthen one another, as indeed you are doing. | Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. |
| Bear one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. | Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. |
| Let mutual love continue, and do not forget to offer hospitality to strangers, for by doing this some have entertained angels without knowing it. | Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. |
| For the entire Law can be summed up in a single commandment: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” | For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” |
| In everything, deal with others as you would like them to deal with you. This is the Law and the Prophets. | So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. |
| Each of us must consider his neighbor’s good for the purpose of building him up. | Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. |
| Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vanity, but humbly regard others as better than yourselves. | Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. |
| Therefore, while we have the opportunity, let us labor for the good of all, but especially for those members of the household of the faith. | So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith. |
| Therefore, let us cease passing judgment on one another, but rather judge never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother. | Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother. |
| Bear with one another, and forgive one another if anyone has reason to be offended with another. You must forgive just as the Lord has forgiven you. | Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. |
| I give you a new commandment: love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you should also love one another. | A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. |
| And learn to do good. Pursue justice and rescue the oppressed; listen to the plea of the orphan and defend the widow. | Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause. |
| Love cannot result in any harm to the neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfillment of the Law. | Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. |
| Therefore, you have no excuse, whoever you may be, when you pass judgment on others. For in judging others you condemn yourself, since you are doing the same things. | Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things. |
| Above all, maintain the fervor of your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins. | Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. |
| May the Lord cause your love to increase and overflow for one another and for everyone else, just as our love does for you. | And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you. |
| “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and every other commandment are all summed up in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” | For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” |
| Love one another with genuine affection. Esteem others more highly than yourself. | Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. |
| One who despairs should have the support of his friends even if he has forsaken the fear of the Almighty. | He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty. |
| For from the beginning you have heard the message that we should love one another. | For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. |
| One person may consider one day to be more sacred than another, while another may judge all days to be alike. Let everyone be convinced in his own beliefs. | One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. |
| Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and undefiled is this: to come to the aid of orphans and widows in their hardships and to keep oneself untarnished by the world. | Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. |
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