Heidelberg Catechism
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Question 4. What does God’s law require of us?

Answer: Christ teaches us this in a summary in Matthew 22:37-40, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.” (a)

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  • a. Deuteronomy 6:5

    You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

           Leviticus 19:18
    You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
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