The discussion "love" is used several ways inward Scripture.
For example, Matthew 22:37-40 tells us to dearest God together with dearest our neighbor.
It explains that loving God involves heart, soul, together with hear - consummate devotion, affection, together with commitment. The dearest nosotros convey for God should last higher than our dearest for anyone else (Luke 14:26).
But loving our vecino is different. As Matthew 7:12 puts it:
"Do to others whatever you lot would similar them to create to you."
This doesn't hateful having affection for them or devoting our lives to them. We volition ever convey the greater affection for work solid unit of measurement together with friends. It way nosotros process others the way God wants us to process them.
"So inward everything, create to others what you lot would convey them create to you, for this sums upward the Law together with the Prophets." Matthew 7:12
When nosotros dearest our neighbors, nosotros terminate upward obeying all of the other commands (i.e. the Law together with the Prophets).
With God's help, nosotros tin fifty-fifty dearest mortal nosotros don't actually like!
And I yell upward that's expert news!
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This misunderstanding of dearest for vecino leads to around other misunderstanding explained here: Most Misused Scripture past times Self-Esteem Advocates.
