Is it enough then that we do not murder our neighbor in any such way?
Text: CRC/RCA 2011 · Read it at the source
No. By condemning envy, hatred, and anger God wants us to love our neighbors as ourselves, to be patient, peace-loving, gentle, merciful, and friendly toward them, to protect them from harm as much as we can, and to do good even to our enemies.
Scripture proofs
- 1
- Matt. 7:12; 22:39; Rom. 12:10
- 2
- Matt. 5:3-12; Luke 6:36; Rom. 12:10, 18; Gal. 6:1-2; Eph. 4:2; Col. 3:12; 1 Pet. 3:8
- 3
- Ex. 23:4-5; Matt. 5:44-45; Rom. 12:20-21 (Prov. 25:21-22)