Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Love {H157} ye therefore the stranger {H1616}: for ye were strangers {H1616} in the land {H776} of Egypt {H4714}.
Therefore you are to love the foreigner, since you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Love ye therefore the sojourner; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
Note: Commentary was generated by an advanced AI, utilizing a prompt that emphasized Biblical fidelity over bias. We've found these insights to be consistently reliable, yet we always encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.
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Exodus 22:21
Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. -
Leviticus 19:33
And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. -
Leviticus 19:34
[But] the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I [am] the LORD your God. -
James 2:15
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, -
James 2:16
And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be [ye] warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what [doth it] profit? -
1 John 3:17
But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels [of compassion] from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? -
1 John 3:18
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.