Vizinho
Amar o próximo é um dos mandamentos centrais do evangelho. A Bíblia nos ensina que nossos vizinhos são aqueles a quem devemos servir, apoiar e encorajar com amor genuíno.
O mandamento do amor ao próximo
Jesus resume a Lei no amor a Deus e ao próximo. Amar o vizinho como a si mesmo é cumprir toda a Lei.
31 And a second like it {is} this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is not another commandment greater than these.
14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;
9 For, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not lust; and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
10 Love works no ill to its neighbour; love therefore {is the} whole law.
12 Therefore all things whatever ye desire that men should do to you, thus do *ye* also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
Amor em ação
O amor verdadeiro se mostra em ações concretas: hospitalidade, generosidade e cuidado com os necessitados ao nosso redor.
1 Let brotherly love abide.2 Be not forgetful of hospitality; for by it some have unawares entertained angels.
27 Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
8 but before all things having fervent love among yourselves, because love covers a multitude of sins;
10 So then, as we have occasion, let us do good towards all, and specially towards those of the household of faith.
11 For this is the message which ye have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another:
34 A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Edificação e encorajamento mútuo
Somos chamados a encorajar uns aos outros, carregar os fardos alheios e buscar o bem do próximo acima do próprio interesse.
11 Wherefore encourage one another, and build up each one the other, even as also ye do.
2 Bear one another's burdens, and thus fulfil the law of the Christ.
2 Let each one of us please his neighbour with a view to what is good, to edification.
24 Let no one seek his own {advantage}, but that of the other.
10 as to brotherly love, kindly affectioned towards one another: as to honour, each taking the lead in paying it to the other:
12 But you, may the Lord make to exceed and abound in love toward one another, and toward all, even as we also towards you,
Humildade, perdão e convivência
O relacionamento com o próximo exige humildade, paciência e disposição para perdoar. Não devemos julgar, mas acolher com compaixão.
3 {let} nothing {be} in the spirit of strife or vain glory, but, in lowliness of mind, each esteeming the other as more excellent than themselves;
13 forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any should have a complaint against any; even as the Christ has forgiven you, so also {do} *ye*.
13 Let us no longer therefore judge one another; but judge ye this rather, not to put a stumbling-block or a fall-trap before his brother.
1 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, every one who judgest, for in that in which thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
8 Finally, {be} all of one mind, sympathising, full of brotherly love, tender hearted, humble minded;
5 One man esteems day more than day; another esteems every day {alike}. Let each be fully persuaded in his own mind.
14 For him that is fainting kindness {is meet} from his friend; or he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.