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The Layman and His Bible

The New Commandment

The aim of this study is to show that the "new" commandment
is really very old.

Throughout the study passages below, you will notice words highlighted in lilac, or bold or Italic.
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Some of the passages are written in red text. These red text passages are the words of Jesus.

Please open your Bible. Read and mark the passages accordingly as you study God's Word.
The page Titles are the subject topics.  For example "The Scriptures" is the topic of lesson one.
Write out a reference sheet to the topical verses and keep it with your Bible for future reference.

Lesson 25 of 29

John 14:15

15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

John 13:34

34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

Leviticus 19:18

18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.

Deuteronomy 6:5

5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

Mark 12:30, 31

30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

Romans 13:9, 10

9 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, Circle Text Please turn to Romans 13:9 and Circle these words...it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

Matthew 22:36-40

36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

38 This is the first and great commandment.

39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

**We must conclude that Jesus was referring to the fact that the new commandment
was new to His hearers because they had been taught something different.