Verse of the Day

　　

Deuteronomy 6:5

Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

　　

Translations of Today's Verse

King James Version

And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

English Standard Version

You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

The Message

Love God, your God, with your whole heart: love him with all that's in you, love him with all you've got!

New King James Version

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

New Living Translation

And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength.

　　

Commentary on Today's Verse

Commentary on Deuteronomy 6:4-5

(Read Deuteronomy 6:4-5)

　　Here is a brief summary of religion, containing the first principles of faith and obedience. Jehovah our God is the only living and true God; he only is God, and he is but One God. Let us not desire to have any other. The three-fold mention of the Divine names, and the plural number of the word translated God, seem plainly to intimate a Trinity of persons, even in this express declaration of the unity of the Godhead. Happy those who have this one Lord for their God. It is better to have one fountain than a thousand cisterns; one all-sufficient God than a thousand insufficient friends. This is the first and great commandment of God's law, that we love him; and that we do all parts of our duty to him from a principle of love; My son, give me thine heart. We are to love God with all our heart, and soul, and might. That is, 1. With a sincere love; not in word and tongue only, but inwardly in truth. 2. With a strong love. He that is our All, must have our all, and none but he. 3. With a superlative love; we must love God above any creature whatever, and love nothing but what we love for him. 4. With an intelligent love. To love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, we must see good cause to love him. 5. With an entire love; he is ONE, our hearts must be united in his love. Oh that this love of God may be shed abroad in our hearts!

　　

Deuteronomy 6:5 In-Context

3 Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, promised you.

　　4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.Or "The " Lord"our God is one " Lord; or "The " Lord"is our God, the " Lord"is one" ; or "The " Lord"is our God, the " Lord"alone"

　　5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

　　6 These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.

　　7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.