What is the Great Commandment?

What is the Great Commandment?

• A. Love God with all your heart, and love your neighbor as yourself
• B. Do unto others before they do unto you
• C. Keep all laws perfectly and outwardly
• D. Pray daily the Our Father

Answer: (A)

The main idea tested here is that the most important commandment is to love. Jesus taught that loving God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind, and loving your neighbor as yourself, is the guiding rule for how we live. This pair covers our relationship with God and our relationship with other people, and it actually sums up how every command and rule is meant to help us show love in daily life. The other ideas described—retaliating against others, trying to keep outward rules without heart, or focusing only on a prayer—don’t capture that single standard that guides our actions toward God and others. So the best answer is the one that emphasizes loving God fully and loving others as ourselves.

The main idea tested here is that the most important commandment is to love. Jesus taught that loving God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind, and loving your neighbor as yourself, is the guiding rule for how we live. This pair covers our relationship with God and our relationship with other people, and it actually sums up how every command and rule is meant to help us show love in daily life. The other ideas described—retaliating against others, trying to keep outward rules without heart, or focusing only on a prayer—don’t capture that single standard that guides our actions toward God and others. So the best answer is the one that emphasizes loving God fully and loving others as ourselves.