Love Your Neighbor, put on Christ

For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying,

Since the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying,

namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

namely , “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

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Love does no harm to a neighbor;

In other words, love does no harm to a neighbor;

therefore love is the fulfillment of the law .

therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

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And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep ;

And love one another, knowing that their is no time to be inactive and idle for God by being controlled with over-desires for this passing world

for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.

because now our final salvation is nearer than when we first believed and were saved.

The night is far spent, the day is at hand.

In other words, we wasted in or past days too much time already, there is not much time left.

Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness ,

Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness,

and let us put on the armor of light .

and let us put on the armor of light.

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Let us walk properly, as in the day ,

That is, let us walk properly, as in the day,

not in revelry and drunkenness,

not in carousing and drunkenness,

not in lewdness and lust,

not in sexual promiscuity and sensual over-desire,

not in strife and envy.

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But put on the Lord Jesus Christ,

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, be controlled by the Spirit

and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.

and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.

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You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the Lord. (Leviticus 19:18 NASB)

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Notes

Paul commands to love one another not in order to be justified but as a reasonable response to the love of God shown in their justification in Christ (12:1). Fulfillment of the law Fulfillment of the law is distinct from justification by the law. No one can outweigh their sins or bad actions with good actions by keeping the law. Justification in God's sight and on His terms is by faith for the forgiveness of sins in Jesus Christ alone. 3:28 Paul proves in these verses that justification by faith does not make void the law but on the contrary, upholds it. 3:31 The law entered to show the abundance of sin. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more. 5:20-21 Saints are not anymore under the demands of the law but under the blessing of God's grace. 6:14 Saints have been delivered from the law to serve in the newness of the Spirit. They should obey out of gratitude and not of obligation. 7:6 The law is fulfilled by the saint who yields to the Spirits leading. He loves his neighbor as himself and does no harm to him. On the other hand, the law is not fulfilled by the saint who does not yield to the Spirit but yields to the desires of the flesh. He loves himself more than his neighbor and will consequently transgress the law and harm him. Jesus Christ condemned sin in the flesh, so that the requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 8:3-4 Time as the motivator to love one another Love one another - why and when? Now, because time is short. No love to one another can be shown when gone to glory or the Lord returned. Now is the time to love one another and our neighbor. How to love one another? By putting on the Lord Jesus Christ. By walking according to the Spirit and not according to the flesh. Father in heaven, all glory belongs to You! Your will be done forever! O grand the grace to put on Christ. Grand the purity of heart and clarity of mind to walk according to the Spirit. Grand this to the glory of your Holy Name and for the good of Your saints and all creation. Amen

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