Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
This is the first and great commandment - It is so,
1.In its antiquity, being as old as the world, and engraven originally on our very nature.
2.In dignity; as directly and immediately proceeding front and referring to God.
3.In excellence; being the commandment of the new covenant, and the very spirit of the Divine adoption.
4.In justice; because it alone renders to God his due, prefers him before all things, and secures to him his proper rank in relation to them.
5.In sufficiency; being in itself capable of making men holy in this life, and happy in the other.
6.In fruitfulness; because it is the root of all commandments, and the fulfilling of the law.
7.In virtue and efficacy; because by this alone God reigns in the heart of man, and man is united to God.
8.In extent; leaving nothing to the creature, which it does not refer to the Creator.
9.In necessity; being absolutely indispensable.
10.In duration; being ever to be continued on earth, and never to be discontinued in heaven.
Other Adam Clarke entries containing Matthew 22:38:
Exodus 20:1
Deuteronomy 6:4
Deuteronomy 6:5
Matthew 22:46
Matthew 22:46
Luke 10:27
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