16 “Honor your father(A) and your mother,(B) as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long(C) and that it may go well with you in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

17 “You shall not murder.(D)

18 “You shall not commit adultery.(E)

19 “You shall not steal.(F)

20 “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.(G)

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The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,”[a](A) and whatever other command there may be, are summed up(B) in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”[b](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 13:9 Exodus 20:13-15,17; Deut. 5:17-19,21
  2. Romans 13:9 Lev. 19:18

10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles(A) at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.(B)

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11 For he who said, “You shall not commit adultery,”[a](A) also said, “You shall not murder.”[b](B) If you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.

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Footnotes

  1. James 2:11 Exodus 20:14; Deut. 5:18
  2. James 2:11 Exodus 20:13; Deut. 5:17

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