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Christians: The 2nd greatest commandment; "Love your neighbor as yourself"....?

Is not the natural conclusion of this is you would be willing to go to hell for someone to save them from that fate if it were possible? Could you say with Paul, "For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh".

Update:

@Clanad- the reference is Romans 9 and third verse. Reading it in context, I can't see any other logical way to interpret what he's saying other than he could wish it, if it were possible, to go to hell to save his brethren.

Update 2:

@Clanad- the reference is Romans 9 and third verse. Reading it in context, I can't see any other logical way to interpret what he's saying other than he could wish it, if it were possible, to go to hell to save his brethren.

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  • Bob L
    Lv 7
    8 years ago
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    Your conclusion is certainly part of the command. But the 2nd Greatest Commandment is easily read this way: " Thou shall love your neighbor like you already love yourself." in other words, help be your brother's keeper, not just your own. If he is thirsty, give him drink. If he is hungry, give him some food. If he is naked, give him clothing. It goes hand-in-glove with the following:

    Mattew 25:34-36 -

    "Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me."

    Source(s): James 1:27 "Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep himself unspotted from the world." <><
  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    No, one can wish (and some Saints have) to suffer greatly all the way until the end of time for sinners, but to wish to go to Hell, where the enemy of God is (Satan) and were people continuously curse and blaspheme would be ridiculous. As for the biblical verse you gave, I would have to read it's context----but even without reading this, St. Paul never said anything of the sort===even just the fact that he starts with the words "For I could wish" says a lot.

  • 8 years ago

    Yes. That is what it means, but that cannot be done. Each must fulfill their own duties in the sacrament. Hell is only useful for the ones in need of it.

    Hell is not fire and torture. It is however unpleasant for sinners for sinners will not look at the light that calls to them.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Commandments aren't anything great they are only things we should naturally do without being told to do them, so man added them into the "bile" as if they were gods words!!!

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