Matthew 22:37 — Community Reflections

MATTHEW 22:37 — KING JAMES VERSION 1

“Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.”

This is the great and first commandment. The great and first designation: the love of God is the foundational commandment, the one on which everything else hangs. The first communicates priority rather than mere sequence: this commandment precedes and undergirds all others.

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