Bible verse "Love your neighbor as yourself"

"Love your neighbor as yourself" is a favorite biblical verse about love. These exact words are found in various places in scripture. Review the many different cases of this key Bible passage.

Second only to loving God, loving your neighbor as yourself is the central point of all biblical laws and personal holiness. It is the anecdote to correct all negative behaviors towards others:

Leviticus 19:18
You will not avenge yourself and you will not hold grudges against the children of your people, but you will love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord. (NKJV)
When the rich young man asked Jesus Christ what good deed he had to do to have eternal life, Jesus concluded his summary of all the commandments with "love your neighbor as yourself:"

Matthew 19:19
"'Honor your father and your mother' and 'You will love your neighbor as yourself.'" (NKJV)
In the next two verses, Jesus called "love your neighbor as yourself" as the second greatest commandment after loving God:

Matthew 22: 37–39
Jesus said to him, "You will love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind." This is the first and great commandment. And the second is similar: "You will love your neighbor as yourself." (NKJV)

Mark 12: 30–31
"'And you will love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength.' This is the first commandment and the second, like that, is this: "You will love your neighbor as yourself." There is no other commandment greater than these. " (NKJV)
In the next passage in Luke's Gospel, a lawyer asked Jesus: "What should I do to inherit eternal life?" Jesus replied with a question of his own: "What is written in the law?" The lawyer answered correctly:

Luke 10:27
Then he replied and said: "'You will love the Eternal, your GOD, with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength and with all your mind' 'and' your neighbor as yourself '"(NKJV)
Here the apostle Paul explained that the Christian's obligation to love is limitless. Believers must love not only other members of the family of God, but also their fellowmen:

Romans 13: 9
For the commandments, "Do not commit adultery", "Do not kill", "Do not steal", "You will not give false testimony", "Do not desire", and if there are other commandments, they are summarized in this saying, namely: " You will love your neighbor as yourself. " (NKJV)
Paul summarized the law, reminding Galatians that Christians are commissioned by God to love each other deeply and totally:

Galatians 5:14
Because the whole law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: "You will love your neighbor as yourself". (NKJV)
Here James is facing the problem of showing favoritism. According to God's law, there should be no favoritism. All people, including unbelievers, deserve to be loved in the same way, without distinction. James explained how to avoid favoritism:

James 2: 8
If you truly realize the real law according to Scripture, "You will love your neighbor as yourself", you do well ... (NKJV)