Bits of Torah Truths – #Torah Concept in the NT: Love Fellow Christians – Episode 646
John 13:34
מִצְוָה חֲדָשָׁה אֲנִי נוֹתֵן לָכֶם׃ אֶהֱבוּ זֶה אֶת זֶה; כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָהַבְתִּי אֶתְכֶם כָּךְ גַּם אַתֶּם אֶהֱבוּ זֶה אֶת זֶה.John 15:12–17
15:12 זֹאת מִצְוָתִי׃ אֶהֱבוּ זֶה אֶת זֶה כְּמוֹ שֶׁאֲנִי אָהַבְתִּי אֶתְכֶם.15:13 אֵין אַהֲבָה גְּדוֹלָה מֵאַהֲבָתוֹ שֶׁל הַנּוֹתֵן אֶת נַפְשׁוֹ בְּעַד יְדִידָיו.15:14 יְדִידַי אַתֶּם –– אִם תַּעֲשׂוּ אֶת אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם.15:15 לֹא אוֹסִיף לִקְרֹא לָכֶם עֲבָדִים, כִּי הָעֶבֶד אֵינוֹ יוֹדֵעַ אֶת אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה אֲדוֹנָיו. קָרָאתִי לָכֶם ׳יְדִידִים׳, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוֹדַעְתִּי לָכֶם אֶת כָּל אֲשֶׁר שָׁמַעְתִּי מֵאֵת אָבִי.15:16 לֹא אַתֶּם בְּחַרְתֶּם בִּי, כִּי אִם אֲנִי בָּחַרְתִּי בָּכֶם וְהִפְקַדְתִּי אֶתְכֶם לָלֶכֶת וְלַעֲשׂוֹת פְּרִי, שֶׁפֶּרְיְכֶם יִתְקַיֵּם וְכָל אֲשֶׁר תְּבַקְשׁוּ מֵהָאָב בִּשְׁמִי הוּא יִתֵּן לָכֶם.15:17 אֶת זֹאת אֲנִי מְצַוֶּה עֲלֵיכֶם׃ אֶהֱבוּ זֶה אֶת זֶה.״
Galatians 5:14
5:14 הֲרֵי כָּל הַתּוֹרָה כְּלוּלָה בְּמַאֲמָר אֶחָד –– ״וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹךָ.״
1 Peter 2:17
2:17 נַהֲגוּ כָּבוֹד בְּכָל אָדָם; אֶהֱבוּ אֶת הָאַחִים; יִרְאוּ אֶת אֱלֹהִים; כַּבְּדוּ אֶת הַמֶּלֶךְ.
1 John 3:23
3:23 זֹאת מִצְוָתוֹ׃ לְהַאֲמִין בְּשֵׁם בְּנוֹ יֵשׁוּעַ הַמָּשִׁיחַ וְלֶאֱהֹב זֶה אֶת זֶה כְּפִי שֶׁצִּוָּנוּ.
2 John 5
וְעַכְשָׁו מְבַקֵּשׁ אֲנִי מִמֵּךְ, הַגְּבִירָה, לֹא כְּכוֹתֵב אֵלַיִךְ מִצְוָה חֲדָשָׁה, כִּי אִם מִצְוָה שֶׁהָיְתָה לָנוּ מֵרֵאשִׁית –– שֶׁנֹּאהַב אִישׁ אֶת רֵעֵהוּ. (HNT)
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John 13:34
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. (NASB)
John 15:12–17
15:12 “This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. 15:13 “Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. 15:14 “You are My friends if you do what I command you. 15:15 “No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you. 15:16 “You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you. 15:17 “This I command you, that you love one another. (NASB)
Galatians 5:14
5:14 For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, “YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.” (NASB)
1 Peter 2:17
2:17 Honor all people, love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king. (NASB)
1 John 3:23
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. (NASB)
2 John 5
Now I ask you, lady, not as though I were writing to you a new commandment, but the one which we have had from the beginning, that we love one another. (NASB)
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The Torah lays the foundation for the New Testament command to “love one another” among believers. (John 13:34; 15:12-17; Gal. 5:14; 1 Peter 2:17; 1 John 3:23; 2 John 5) While Yeshua intensifies and redefines it around His own sacrificial love, the seed principles are already present in the Torah. – Torah Parallels to “Love Fellow Christians” – Leviticus 19:18 Love Your Neighbor, Leviticus 19:34 Love the Stranger, Deuteronomy 10:19 Love the Sojourner, Deuteronomy 15:7–11 Care for the Poor Among You, and Exodus 23:4–5 Do Good Even to an Enemy. Make note how these Torah commands anticipate the NT call to love not only fellow believers but even our enemies. The Torah establishes the ethic of covenantal love: first to fellow believers, then to strangers. Yeshua deepens and redefines it saying “as I have loved you” sacrificial and life laying down humility. The apostles also apply this concept to love within the body of Christ and say this is the defining mark of the new covenant community. This is how Yeshua, Paul, Peter, and John all taught Torah in the NT text, the Torah has not passed away!
