Context:
Mat 05:43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
KJV is closer to the Greek text. Are there textual problems?
44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
| 3004 [e] legō λέγω say V-PIA-1S |
| 4771 [e] hymin ὑμῖν , to you PPro-D2P |
| 25 [e] agapate ἀγαπᾶτε Love V-PMA-2P |
| 3588 [e] tous τοὺς – Art-AMP |
| 2190 [e] echthrous ἐχθροὺς enemies Adj-AMP |
| 4771 [e] hymōn ὑμῶν , of you PPro-G2P |
| 2532 [e] kai καὶ and Conj |
| 4336 [e] proseuchesthe προσεύχεσθε pray V-PMM/P-2P |
| 5228 [e] hyper ὑπὲρ for Prep |
| 3588 [e] tōn τῶν those Art-GMP |
| 1377 [e] diōkontōn διωκόντων persecuting V-PPA-GMP |
| 4771 [e] hymas ὑμᾶς ; you PPro-A2P |
| 2127 [e] eulogeite ⧼εὐλογεῖτε bless V-PMA-2P |
| 3588 [e] tous τοὺς those Art-AMP |
What are the commands of Jesus Christ which we need to obey? In disciple-making, Jesus commanded the following in Matthew 28:20: “teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you…” What are the commands that we are to follow and teach others as identified by Jesus’ use of the imperative mood in the Greek?
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