Context is everything. Ephesians 2 is actually a fulfillment of prophecy about the House of Judah and the House of Israel, the ten Northern tribes. Hosea 1-2 the main source. Note Hosea 1:10-11. Here are a few clues for your study. Aliens. The Greek word is a verb meaning to be alienated. In other words those "aliens" had to at one time be a part of Israel. The only group that scripture mentions are the nations who used to be a part of the ten Northern tribes. It was actually almost all twelve as the only ones left after the Assyrians took Israel, were Jerusalem and a few surrounding towns. The word Gentiles is a Latin word that was used to protect existing church doctrine. The Greek just says Nation. The who is based on context. In Romans 2:14-15, 9:24-26 and Ephesians 2:11 those "Gentiles" for examples, must be of the put away and punished sheep of the House of Israel based on context. There are more clues in that the KJV is pretty good at preserving those.
Try and 'context' your way out of this extremely simple red text. Emphasis mine.
Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
I'm not sure why people try to pit one verse against another. I thoroughly agree. We must love our neighbor! The key is the scriptural definition for the word neighbor. It isn't just everyone. Christ very carefully defined the word through the story in Luke 10. More info on this page: https://www.biblemyths.com/love/ The bible defines its own terms. The problems comes when people ignore those definitions.
Context is everything. Ephesians 2 is actually a fulfillment of prophecy about the House of Judah and the House of Israel, the ten Northern tribes. Hosea 1-2 the main source. Note Hosea 1:10-11. Here are a few clues for your study. Aliens. The Greek word is a verb meaning to be alienated. In other words those "aliens" had to at one time be a part of Israel. The only group that scripture mentions are the nations who used to be a part of the ten Northern tribes. It was actually almost all twelve as the only ones left after the Assyrians took Israel, were Jerusalem and a few surrounding towns. The word Gentiles is a Latin word that was used to protect existing church doctrine. The Greek just says Nation. The who is based on context. In Romans 2:14-15, 9:24-26 and Ephesians 2:11 those "Gentiles" for examples, must be of the put away and punished sheep of the House of Israel based on context. There are more clues in that the KJV is pretty good at preserving those.
Good job with context.
Try and 'context' your way out of this extremely simple red text. Emphasis mine.
Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
You are so right. Commie, bot or now even AI I suppose. It is pretty obvious.
You the man, Vengeance.
So you change the subject to cover up your nazi shit.
FUCK THE NAZIS
I'm not sure why people try to pit one verse against another. I thoroughly agree. We must love our neighbor! The key is the scriptural definition for the word neighbor. It isn't just everyone. Christ very carefully defined the word through the story in Luke 10. More info on this page: https://www.biblemyths.com/love/ The bible defines its own terms. The problems comes when people ignore those definitions.
Just know this: you may be able to fool everyone in the entire world by twisting His word; you cannot fool God.