On the Epistles of John, Part 9: Love is in the Law
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20 If one should say that “I love Yahweh” and hates his brother, he is a liar! For he not loving his brother whom he has seen, he is not able to love Yahweh whom he has not seen.
The Codices Alexandrinus (A) and Vaticanus Graecus 2061 (048), and the Majority Text, have the final clause as a question to read “For he not loving his brother whom he has seen, how is he able to love Yahweh whom he has not seen?” Our text follows the Codices Sinaiticus (א) and Vaticanus (B).
In John chapter 13 we read, in words attributed to Christ:
“34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. 35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.” Evidently the commandment to love one another was not new, as love is in the law...
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