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 »The second is you should love your neighbor as yourself. No other commandment is greater than these.« (Leviticus 19:18)
14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
9 For the Law code says: You must not commit adultery, you must not murder, you must not steal, you must not bear false witness, and you must not covet. If there is any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying; namely, you must love your neighbor as yourself.
10 Love works no ill to his neighbor. Therefore love is the laws fulfillment.
12 »Do for others the same as you would have them to do for you. That is the meaning of 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 You should continue to love one another as brothers.2 Show hospitality to strangers, for some have entertained angels without knowing it.
27 Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for the fatherless persons and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself without spot from the world.
8 Above all things have intense love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins.
10 So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.
11 This is the message you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another!
34 »I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you 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 Comfort each other and strengthen one another as you are doing.
2 Bear one another's burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ.
2 Let every one of us please his neighbor for his good to build him up.
24 Let no one seek his own advantage, but that of the other person.
10 Be devoted to one another with brotherly love, in honor preferring one another.
12 And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do 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 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility consider others more important than you.
13 Tolerate enduresufferput up with one another, and forgive each other. If any man has a complaint against anyone, forgive them, even as God forgave you.
13 Let us not judge one another any more. Let no man put a stumbling block or an occasion to fall in his brothers way.
1 You who judge have no excuse. For when you judge another you condemn yourself. After all you do the same things.
8 Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, brotherly, tenderhearted, and humble.
5 One person judges one day above another. Another person judges every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
14 »A despairing man should have the devotion of his friends, even though he forsakes his reverence for the Almighty.