Amor ao próximo
O amor ao próximo não é opcional — é mandamento. Amarás o teu próximo como a ti mesmo. A lei inteira se cumpre nesta palavra. O amor ao próximo é prova do amor a Deus.
"You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
"This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.
Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the Law.
Each of us is to please his neighbor for his good, to his edification.
All that you do must be done in love.
and may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow in love for one another, and for all people, just as we also do for you;
Let love of the brothers and sisters continue. Do not neglect hospitality to strangers, for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it. Remember the prisoners, as though in prison with them, and those who are badly treated, since you yourselves also are in the body.
If, however, you are fulfilling the royal law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well.
Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.
So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, andpatience; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so must you do also. In addition to all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity. Let the peace of Christ, to which you were indeed called in one body, rule in your hearts; and be thankful.
For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we are to love one another;
Everyone who hates his brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him. We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers and sisters.
We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers and sisters.
Beloved, let’s love one another; for love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.