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Charity has two parts: love of God and love of man, which includes both love of one's neighbor and one's self. [7] In 1 Corinthians 13, Paul places the greatest emphasis on charity (love). "So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love." He describes it this way:
Kierkegaard says love is no dream or mood or the kind of self-love that only thinks of love in relation to itself. [11] Kierkegaard uses the Socratic Method to question himself in relation to love and advises all to do likewise. [12] Christ said to love your neighbor as yourself, [13] which implies two commands. Kierkegaard thinks of this in ...
Commenting upon the command to love the neighbor [5] is a discussion recorded [6] between Rabbi Akiva, who declared this verse in Leviticus to contain the great principle of the Law ("Kelal gadol ba-Torah"), and Ben Azzai, who pointed to Genesis 5:1 ("This is the book of the generations of Adam; in the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him"), as the verse expressing the ...
The BaháΚΌí teachings state that human love is directed towards both God and other humans; that the love of God attracts the individual toward God, by purifying the human heart and preparing it for the revelation of divine grace. Thus through the love of God, humans become transformed and become self-sacrificing.
According to Methodist theologian Albert Outler, the "desperately wicked self" is the sinful self that has chosen to be "curved back upon itself", but ever with the potential of changing and (by God's grace) turning toward "'new life', opened out to love of God and neighbor". [6]
Among essential beliefs, the Moravian Church teaches that "God creates; God redeems; God blesses. And we respond in faith, in love, and in hope." As such, Moravian Christians teach to judge themselves "by how deep our faith is, how expansive our love is, and how life affirming our hope is." [10]
Summarized by Jesus into two "Great Commandments" that teach love of God and love of neighbor, [7] they instruct individuals on their relationships with both. The first three commandments require reverence and respect for God's name , observation of the Lord's Day and prohibit the worship of other gods .
Christians believe that to love God with all your heart, mind, and strength and love your neighbor as yourself are the two most important things in life (the greatest commandment of the Jewish Torah, according to Jesus; cf. Gospel of Mark 12:28–34). Saint Augustine summarized this when he wrote "Love God, and do as thou wilt." [51]