Reply #15: He Said, "Love Your Neighbor ..."

[mntleo2]

...his mission was to teach LOVE, therefore WAR was not in the picture. When he spoke of loving your neighbor, he was speaking of everyone including anyone who is outside your family (clan). In Greek the word is translated as "agape" (pronounced a-gop-ay), which is the love for all humankind. The Greek words for other types of love are "philo", the love of family, and "eros", is sexual love. I am not sure about the Aramaic, but I also understand that the word "neighbor" is not an accurate translation. It really means "love your world ..." or something like that. But specifically the word "agape" is the word used here, which means love of all humankind and if you are in war with someone, you are not practicing "agape".

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