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BSN: Major Commandments of Jesus Christ

I’m not wise enough to produce a definitive list of our Lord’s major commandments, but here are ones I consider worthy to be considered for such a list.

From His Own Mouth
  • Matt 7:12 “In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
  • Matt 22:34 But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together.
    Matt 22:35 One of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him,
    Matt 22:36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?”
    Matt 22:37 And He said to him, “‘YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.’
    Matt 22:38 “This is the great and foremost commandment.
    Matt 22:39 “The second is like it, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’
    Matt 22:40 “On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.”
  • Matt 23:23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.
  • John 13:34 “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
    John 13:35 “By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
  • John 15:12 “This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.
    John 15:13 “Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.
  • John 15:17 “This I command you, that you love one another.
From the Mouths of His Spokesmen
  • Rom 13:8 Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
    Rom 13:9 For this, “YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, YOU SHALL NOT MURDER, YOU SHALL NOT STEAL, YOU SHALL NOT COVET,” and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, “YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.”
    Rom 13:10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
  • 1 Cor 10:24 Let no one seek his own good, but that of his neighbor.
  • 1 Cor 16:14 Let all that you do be done in love.
  • 1 John 3:23 This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us.