HC 93

Q93. How are these commandments divided?

Into two parts. The first teaches us how to live in relation to God; the second, what duties we owe our neighbour.

Proof texts

• Matt. 22:37-40 — [37] And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. [38] This is the great and first commandment. [39] And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. [40] On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”

For discussion

1. The Assembly cited Matt. 22:37-40 in support of this answer. Read it in context — how does it bear on what is claimed here?
2. WSC Q39 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
3. WSC Q45 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?

Read alongside

WSC Q39 · WSC Q45 · WLC Q91 · WLC Q100 · WCF 19.1 · 1689 19.1