“Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” ¹ 

This is the first and greatest ¹  commandment.

Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. ¹  The old commandment is the word that you have already ²  heard.

“Honor your father and mother,” ¹  which is the first commandment accompanied by a promise, namely,

So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

“Now, you priests, this commandment is for you.

The second is: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ¹  There is no other commandment greater than these.”

My commandment is this – to love one another just as I have loved you. ¹ 

For sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it I died. ¹ 

Then ¹  they returned and prepared aromatic spices ²  and perfumes. ³  On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment. ⁴ 

I realize that everything has its limits, but your commands are beyond full comprehension. ¹ 

Now ¹  this is his commandment: ²  that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he gave ³  us the commandment.

He answered them, ¹  “And why do you disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?

and I died. So ¹  I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life brought death! ² 

For the commandments ¹  are like ²  a lamp, ³  instruction is like a light, and rebukes of discipline are like ⁴  the road leading to life, ⁵ 

The one who obeys commandments guards ¹  his life; the one who despises his ways ²  will die. ³ 

Having no regard ¹  for the command of God, you hold fast to human tradition.” ² 

And the commandment we have from him is this: that ¹  the one who loves God should love his fellow Christian ²  too.

“This commandment I am giving ¹  you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it too remote.

“I give you a new commandment – to love ¹  one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. ²