So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. The golden rule is the summary of the Sermon's ethical teaching: the standard of treatment I desire for myself is the standard I apply to others. The proactive formulation — do to others what you wish — is stronger than the negative formulations found in other traditions (do not do to others what you do not wish). The for this is the Law and the Prophets connects the golden rule to the Sermon's earlier claim (5:17) that Jesus has come to fulfill the law and the prophets: the fulfillment of the law is the active love for others that the golden rule describes. Romans 13:10 says love is the fulfillment of the law.

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