V1-17 Why Should I Love My Neighbor?
Walking Talking Bible Project
Why should we love our neighbor? How does loving our neighbor fulfill the law? What if our neighbor is an awful person? And what does it mean to love one’s neighbor? These are just some of the questions to consider in this week’s edition of the Walking Talking Bible Project.
Bible Passages
The following Scripture quotations from The Berean Standard Bible (BSB) are provided for your convenience. Please feel free to use the Bible and translation of your choice.
Memory Passage: Matthew 22:37–40
Matthew 22:37–40
37 Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
38 This is the first and greatest commandment.
39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
Connection Passage #1: Leviticus 19:17–18
Leviticus 19:17–18
17 You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him.
18 Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
Connection Passage #2: Romans 13:8–10
Romans 13:8–10
8 Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
9 The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
10 Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
Connection Passage #3: Matthew 7:12
Matthew 7:12
12 In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.
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WTBP Introduction and Brief Overview
All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Berean Standard Bible (BSB).