Loving Your Neighbor: A Biblical Perspective and Reflection

The Biblical Perspective on Loving Your Neighbor

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In Ephesians 4:25-32, Paul provides guidelines of good practical morality, moving from good practice to reality and applying Christ’s teachings on the art of good neighbourhood. He gives six practices that Christians ought to adopt to achieve one of Christ’s greatest commandments which commands Christians to love their neighbour as much as they love themselves to inherit the Kingdom of God as promised by Jesus. Ephesians had been recently converted to Christianity and still held on to old habits^[1] that were considered evil according to Christ’s teachings and were confused about the application of Jesus” teachings. Therefore, Paul writes to them advising on what is required of them about their neighbours, stating clearly the desirable actions they should strive to achieve and the undesirable practices they should avoid as Christians.