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'''<span id="220">220.</span>''' We believe that the two great commandments which require us to love the Lord our God with all the heart, and our neighbors as ourselves, summarize the divine law as it is revealed in the Scriptures. They are the perfect measure and norm of human duty, both for the ordering and directing of families and nations, and all other social bodies, and for individual acts, by which we are required to acknowledge God as our only Supreme Ruler, and all persons as created by Him, equal in all natural rights. Therefore all persons should so order all their individual, social, and political acts as to give to God entire and absolute obedience, and to assure to all the enjoyment of every natural right, as well as to promote the fulfillment of each in the possession and exercise of such rights.<br><br>
'''<span id="220">220.</span>''' We believe that the two great commandments which require us to love the Lord our God with all our hearts, and our neighbors as ourselves, summarize the divine law as it is revealed in the Scriptures. They are the perfect measure and norm of human duty, both for the ordering and directing of families and nations, and all other social bodies, and for individual acts, by which we are required to acknowledge God as our only supreme ruler, and all persons as created by Him, equal in all natural rights. Therefore all persons should so order all their individual, social, and political acts as to give to God entire and absolute obedience, and to assure to all the enjoyment of every natural right, as well as to promote the fulfillment of each in the possession and exercise of such rights.<br><br>


[[Leviticus 19:18|Lev. 19:18]], [[Leviticus 19:34|34]]; [[Deuteronomy 1:16-17|Deut. 1:16–17]]; [[Job 31:13–14|Job 31:13–14]]; [[Jeremiah 21:12|Jer. 21:12]]; [[Jeremiah 22:3|22:3]]; [[Micah 6:8|Micah 6:8]]; [[Matthew 5:44-48|Matt. 5:44–48]]; [[Matthew 7:12|7:12]]; [[Mark 12:28-31]]; [[Luke 6:27-29]], [[Luke 6:35|35]]; [[John 13:34-35]]; [[Acts 10:34-35]]; [[Acts 17:26|17:26]]; [[Romans 12:9|Rom. 12:9]]; [[Romans 13:1|13:1]], [[Romans 13:7-8|7–8]], [[Romans 13:10|10]]; [[Galatians 5:14|Gal. 5:14]]; [[Galatians 6:10|6:10]]; [[Titus 3:1|Titus 3:1]]; [[James 2:8|James 2:8]]; [[1 Peter 2:17|1 Peter 2:17]]; [[1 John 2:5|1 John 2:5]]; [[1 John 4:12-13|4:12–13]]; [[2 John 6|2 John 6]].
[[Leviticus 19:18|Lev. 19:18]], [[Leviticus 19:34|34]]; [[Deuteronomy 1:16-17|Deut. 1:16–17]]; [[Job 31:13–14|Job 31:13–14]]; [[Jeremiah 21:12|Jer. 21:12]]; [[Jeremiah 22:3|22:3]]; [[Micah 6:8|Micah 6:8]]; [[Matthew 5:44-48|Matt. 5:44–48]]; [[Matthew 7:12|7:12]]; [[Mark 12:28-31]]; [[Luke 6:27-29]], [[Luke 6:35|35]]; [[John 13:34-35]]; [[Acts 10:34-35]]; [[Acts 17:26|17:26]]; [[Romans 12:9|Rom. 12:9]]; [[Romans 13:1|13:1]], [[Romans 13:7-8|7–8]], [[Romans 13:10|10]]; [[Galatians 5:14|Gal. 5:14]]; [[Galatians 6:10|6:10]]; [[Titus 3:1|Titus 3:1]]; [[James 2:8|James 2:8]]; [[1 Peter 2:17|1 Peter 2:17]]; [[1 John 2:5|1 John 2:5]]; [[1 John 4:12-13|4:12–13]]; [[2 John 6|2 John 6]].

Latest revision as of 16:16, 5 November 2022

220. We believe that the two great commandments which require us to love the Lord our God with all our hearts, and our neighbors as ourselves, summarize the divine law as it is revealed in the Scriptures. They are the perfect measure and norm of human duty, both for the ordering and directing of families and nations, and all other social bodies, and for individual acts, by which we are required to acknowledge God as our only supreme ruler, and all persons as created by Him, equal in all natural rights. Therefore all persons should so order all their individual, social, and political acts as to give to God entire and absolute obedience, and to assure to all the enjoyment of every natural right, as well as to promote the fulfillment of each in the possession and exercise of such rights.

Lev. 19:18, 34; Deut. 1:16–17; Job 31:13–14; Jer. 21:12; 22:3; Micah 6:8; Matt. 5:44–48; 7:12; Mark 12:28-31; Luke 6:27-29, 35; John 13:34-35; Acts 10:34-35; 17:26; Rom. 12:9; 13:1, 7–8, 10; Gal. 5:14; 6:10; Titus 3:1; James 2:8; 1 Peter 2:17; 1 John 2:5; 4:12–13; 2 John 6.