Octobner 26, 2014

Exodus 22: 20-26

22:20 Whoever immolates to gods, other than to the Lord, shall be killed. 22:21 You shall not harass the newcomer, nor shall you afflict him. For you yourselves were once newcomers in the land of Egypt.

22:22 You shall not harm a widow or an orphan.

22:23 If you hurt them, they will cry out to me, and I will hear their cry.

22:24 And my fury will be enraged, and I will strike you down with the sword. And your wives will become widows, and your sons will become orphans.

22:25 If you lend money to the poor of my people who live among you, you shall not coerce them like a collector, nor oppress them with usury.

22:26 If you take a garment from your neighbor as a pledge, you shall return it to him again before the setting of the sun

Thessalonikerne 1: 5-10

1:5 For vort evangelium har ikke været blandt jer i ord alene, men også i dyd, og i Helligånden, og med en stor fylde, på samme måde, som du ved, har vi handlet iblandt dig for din skyld.

1:6 Også, I blev os og Herrens efterlignere, at tage imod Ordet midt i stor trængsel, men med Helligåndens glæde.

1:7 Så er du blevet et mønster for alle, der tror på Makedonien og i Achaia.

1:8 For fra dig, Herrens ord blev spredt, ikke kun i Makedonien og i Achaia, men også alle steder. Din tro, som er til Gud, er kommet så meget frem, at vi ikke behøver at tale med dig om noget.

1:9 For andre rapporterer blandt os om den form for accept, vi havde blandt jer, og hvordan du blev omvendt fra afguder til Gud, til tjeneste for den levende og sande Gud,

1:10 og til hans Søns forventning fra himlen (som han oprejste fra de døde), Jesus, som har reddet os fra den nærende vrede.

Matthew 22: 33-40

22:33 And when the crowds heard this, they wondered at his doctrine. 22:34 But the Pharisees, hearing that he had caused the Sadducees to be silent, came together as one.

22:35 Og en af ​​dem, a doctor of the law, questioned him, to test him:

22:36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?”

22:37 Jesus said to him: “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God from all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

22:38 This is the greatest and first commandment.

22:39 But the second is similar to it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself’

22:40 On these two commandments the entire law depends, and also the prophets.”