The Message titles
Chapter 13 To Be a Responsible Citizen. Somewhat obscure in the
King James Version, I reckon. Valuable however for we citizens of
Queensland with an election at the end of the week!
I find a
correlation between Matt. 22:29, 30 and Rom. 13:9, 10. I had always
thought that Paul was echoing Matthew, but once again Paul wrote first.
Rom. 13:9,
10: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his
neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Matt.
22:39, 40: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments
hand all the law and the prophets.
How well
did Paul know Jesus’ teaching before his conversion? Did that conversion
serve to join up all the dots, all the clues Jesus emphasised from the Old
Testament? Those writings which Paul also knew so well?
Joyce Voysey
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