How to Live
Loving your neighbor, and even your enemies, as Jesus taught.
Each row is one claim. Each name is a writer, placed at the date of the passage. Select a name to read what they said.
2 of the 5 writers here teach: “Love God and neighbor as the way of life.”
teaches it partly rejects it later writer, summary only
Love enemies; pray for those who persecute4 teach
Now this is the way of life: first, you shall love God who made you; second, your neighbor as yourself. And whatever you do not want to happen to you, do not do to another.
Ὁδοὶ δύο εἰσί, μία τῆς ζωῆς καὶ μια τοῦ θανάτου, διαφορὰ δὲ πολλὴ μεταξὺ τῶν δύο ὁδῶν.
You shall love the One who made you; you shall fear the One who formed you; you shall glorify the One who redeemed you from death. Be single-hearted and rich in spirit. Do not join yourself to those who walk on the path of death.
Ἡ οὖν ὁδὸς τοῦ φωτός ἐστιν αὕτη: ἐάν τις θέλων ὁδὸν ὁδεύειν ἐπὶ τὸν ὡρισμένον τόπον, σπεύσῃ τοῖς ἔργοις αὐτοῦ. ἔστιν οὖν ἡ δοθεῖσα ἡμῖν γνῶσις τοῦ περιπατεῖν ἐν αὐτῇ τοιαύτη.
The statement in the law that "cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree" (Deuteronomy 21:23) does not mean that God cursed this crucified man; rather, it means that God foretold what you and those like you would do because you do not recognize him as the eternal priest, king, and Christ who existed before all things and…
Καὶ γὰρ τὸ εἰρημένον ἐν τῷ νόμῳ, ὅτι Ἐπικατάρατος πᾶς ὁ κρεμάμενος ἐπὶ ξύλου, οὐχ ὡς τοῦ θεοῦ καταρωμένου τούτου τοῦ ἐσταυρωμένου, ἡμῶν τονοῖ τὴν ἐλπίδα ἐκκρεμαμένην ἀπὸ τοῦ σταυρωθέντος Χριστοῦ, ἀλλ᾿ ὡς προειπόντος τοῦ θεοῦ τὰ ὑφ᾿ ὑμῶν πάντων καὶ τῶν ὁμοίων ὑμῖν, μὴ ἐπισταμένων…
Concerning self-control, Jesus spoke with uncompromising clarity: anyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart before God (Matt 5:27–28).
Περὶ μὲν οὖν σωφροσύνης τοσοῦτον εἶπεν·,,Ὅς ἂν ἐμβλέψῃ γυναικὶ πρὸς τὸ ἐπιθυμῆσαι αὐτῆς, ἤδη ἐμοίχευσε τῇ καρδίᾳ παρὰ τῷ θεῷ“. Καί·,,Εἰ ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου ὁ δεξιὸς σκανδαλίζει σε, ἔκκοψον αὐτόν· συμφέρει γάρ σοι μονόφθαλμον εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν, ἢ μετὰ τῶν δύο…
Since the doctrines we follow are not human but divine and God-taught, we can persuade you that we are not atheists. What, then, are the teachings that nourish us?
Εἰ δὲ ἀκριβῶς διέξειμι τὸν καθ᾿ ἡμᾶς λόγον, μὴ θαυμάσητε· ἵνα γὰρ μὴ τῇ κοινῇ καὶ ἀλόγῳ συναποφέρησθε γνώμῃ, ἔχητε δὲ τἀληθὲς εἰδέναι, ἀκριβολογοῦμαι· ἐπεὶ καὶ δι᾿ αὐτῶν τῶν δογμάτων οἷς προσέχομεν, οὐκ ἀνθρωπικοῖς οὖσιν ἀλλὰ θεοφάτοις καὶ θεοδιδάκτοις, πεῖσαι ὑμᾶς μὴ ὡς περὶ…
I say this to you who are listening — pointing out that the Creator gave this command long ago: 'Speak to the ears of those who hear' — love your enemies, bless those who hate you, and pray for those who slander you (Isaiah).