And God spoke all these words, saying: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me. (Ex. 20:1–3)
This is the first and greatest commandment, and the one which comprehends all the others.
It is the summing up of all whole law, for we read that the first and great commandment is, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.” (Matt. 22:37) “And the second is like it: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” (v. 39)
It is not separate from the first, but is included in it, since love is of God, and only as the love of God is shed abroad in one’s heart can one love his neighbor as himself.
So to love the Lord with all your heart,
with all your soul,
and with all your mind,—that is, to have no other gods before Him,—is the sum of human duty."
E.J. Waggoner
This is the first and greatest commandment, and the one which comprehends all the others.
It is the summing up of all whole law, for we read that the first and great commandment is, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.” (Matt. 22:37) “And the second is like it: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” (v. 39)
It is not separate from the first, but is included in it, since love is of God, and only as the love of God is shed abroad in one’s heart can one love his neighbor as himself.
So to love the Lord with all your heart,
with all your soul,
and with all your mind,—that is, to have no other gods before Him,—is the sum of human duty."
E.J. Waggoner