⁹ For the commandments, ^(A)“You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: ^(B)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” ¹⁰ Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore ^(C)love is the fulfilling of the law.

^12 (A)Put on then, as ^(B)God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, ^(C)compassionate hearts, ^(D)kindness, ^(E)humility, meekness, and patience, ^13 (F)bearing with one another and, ^(G)if one has a complaint against another, ^(H)forgiving each other; ^(I)as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. ¹⁴ And above all these put on ^(J)love, which ^(K)binds everything together in ^(L)perfect harmony.

^21 (A)keep yourselves in the love of God, ^(B)waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life. ²² And have mercy on those who doubt;

³¹ And ^(A)as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.

^32 (B)“If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. ³³ And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. ³⁴ And ^(C)if you ^(D)lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount. ³⁵ But ^(E)love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and ^(F)you will be sons of ^(G)the Most High, for ^(H)he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. ^36 (I)Be merciful, even as ^(J)your Father is merciful.

Judging Others

^37 (K)(L)“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; ^(M)forgive, and you will be forgiven; ^38 (N)give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put ^(O)into your lap. For ^(P)with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”