“For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”
The commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not covet," and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: "Love your neighbor as yourself." — The enumeration of prohibitions (from Exodus 20:13-17) against moicheuō (adultery), phoneuo (murder), klepto (steal), epithumeō (covet) all collapse into the positive command of Leviticus 19:18 to agapē (love) your plēsion (neighbor) hōs seauton (as yourself). The law's negative boundaries are contained within love's positive orientation.
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