Jesus summarized all of our duties to our neighbor in these few words: "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." But who is my neighbor that I am commanded by God to love? The Jewish rabbis interpreted the word "neighbor" as a fellow Israelite. Therefore, there was no obligation to love a non-Israelite. Jesus clearly condemned that very narrow, unbiblical interpretation. We can do exactly the same thing when we apply passages that speak of our obligation to love our neighbor to only those of the same nationality, color, church, or those that we already like. However, such a view will not hold up to Christ's interpretation as to who our neighbor is that we are bound to serve by way of Christian love.
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