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 [the] second [is] like this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.
14 For all the Law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
9 For: Do not commit adultery; do not murder; do not steal; do not bear false witness; do not lust; and if [there is] any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
10 Love works no ill to its neighbor, therefore love [is] the fulfilling of the law.
12 Therefore all things, whatever you desire that men should do to you, do even so 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 continue.2 Do not be forgetful of hospitality, for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it.
27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and [the] Father [is] this, to visit orphans and widows in their afflictions, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
8 And above all things have fervent love to yourselves, for love will cover a multitude of sins.
10 So then as we have time, let us work good toward all, especially toward those of the household of faith.
11 For this is the message that you have heard from [the] beginning, that we should love one another;
34 I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. As I have loved you, you should 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 Therefore comfort one another, and edify one another, even as you also do.
2 Bear one another's burdens, and so you will fulfill the law of Christ.
2 Let every one of us please [his] neighbor for [his] good, to building up.
24 Let no one seek his own, but each one another's.
10 in brotherly love to one another, loving fervently, having led one another in honor.
12 And may the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another and toward all, even as we also toward 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 done] through strife or vainglory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than themselves.
13 forbearing one another and forgiving yourselves, if anyone has a complaint against any. As Christ forgave you, so also you [do].
13 Then let us not judge one another any more, but rather judge this, not to put a stumbling-block or an offense toward his brother.
1 Therefore you are without excuse, O man, everyone who judges; for in that in which you judge another, you condemn yourself, for you who judge do the same things.
8 And finally, all [be] of one mind, having compassion on one another, loving the brothers, tenderhearted, friendly.
5 One indeed esteems a day above [another] day; and [another] esteems every day [alike]. Let each one be fully assured in his own mind.
14 To him who is afflicted, pity is [due] from his friend, but he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.