“A new command [commandment!***] I give you: Love one another. As I

have loved you, so you must love one another. [!!!] By this will all men know

that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” (John 13:34-35)

“No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another,

God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.” (1 John 4:12)

“Dear friends, let us love one

another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of

God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God [they

can’t!] because God is*** love … No one has ever seen God, but if (!!!) we

love one another God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.” (1

John 4:7-12)

“You shall not make for yourself an

idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in

the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them.” (Ex

20:4-5)

“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the

Law?” (Matt 22:36)

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and

with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest

commandment.” (Matt 22:37)

“And the second is like it – Love your neighbor as yourself. All

the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” (Matt

22:39-40)

“Woe to

you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! [actors] You shut the

kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let

those enter who are trying to.” (Matt 23:13)

“Woe to you teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites!

You give a tenth of your spices – mint, dill, and cummin. But you have neglected

the more important matters of the law – justice, mercy, and faithfulness … You

blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.” (Matt 23:23-24)

“Woe to you teachers of the law and Pharisees, you

hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and then you

make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.” (Matt 23:15)

“Many will come to me on

that day and say, “Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and drive out many

demons and perform many miracles?” Then I will tell them plainly, “I never

knew you. Away from me evildoers!” (Matt 7:22)

“A new command I

give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

By this will all men know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

(John 13:34-35)

“Love the Lord your God with all your

heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and

greatest commandment … And the second is like it; Love your neighbor as

yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two

commandments.” (Matt 22:39-40)

St. Paul says that, because of grace; “The only thing that counts is

faith expressing itself through love.” (Gal 5:6) and Peter tells us, “Above

all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.”

(1 Pet 4:8)

“Do not let your hearts be

troubled. Trust in God, trust in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms … I

am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for

you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you may be where I am.

You know the way to the place where I am going.” (John 14:1-4)