Read 12 sourced passages and explore 10 practices around love of neighbor.
A short introduction
The command to love a neighbor appears alongside love of God. Luke 10:25–37 tells the whole Good Samaritan story; the selected verses emphasize noticing need and offering practical care. In 1 Corinthians, the older word “charity” renders love. Read the chapter as part of a letter about community, not as a demand that someone endure coercion. An act of care should be shaped by the other person’s stated needs and by consent, capacity, and safety.
Words to explore
Neighbor: a relational and ethical question in these readings
Charity: historical KJV wording for love in 1 Corinthians 13
Practical care: an offer that the recipient may accept or decline
Read with context
Selected passages preserve the named source’s wording; translations differ. The studio’s activities and interpretations are original reflections, not additional scripture.
Christianity · Love of neighbor
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
Mark 12:30
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
Read this verse within the surrounding scene and teaching in Mark. Studio application is an invitation to explore love of neighbor, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
Mark 12:31
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
Read this verse within the surrounding scene and teaching in Mark. Studio application is an invitation to explore love of neighbor, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
Luke 10:33
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
Read the larger narrative, including the people, power, and setting involved. Studio application is an invitation to explore love of neighbor, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
Luke 10:34
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
Read the larger narrative, including the people, power, and setting involved. Studio application is an invitation to explore love of neighbor, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
Luke 10:35
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
Read the larger narrative, including the people, power, and setting involved. Studio application is an invitation to explore love of neighbor, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
John 13:34
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
Read the surrounding narrative and theological argument in John. Studio application is an invitation to explore love of neighbor, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
John 13:35
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
Read the surrounding narrative and theological argument in John. Studio application is an invitation to explore love of neighbor, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
1 Corinthians 13:4
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. Studio application is an invitation to explore love of neighbor, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
1 Corinthians 13:5
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. Studio application is an invitation to explore love of neighbor, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
1 Corinthians 13:6
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. Studio application is an invitation to explore love of neighbor, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
1 Corinthians 13:7
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. The surrounding chapter uses love language. “Beareth all things” must not be imposed as a demand to tolerate abuse or waive accountability. Studio application is an invitation to explore love of neighbor, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
1 John 3:18
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. Studio application is an invitation to explore love of neighbor, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?