Thou Shalt Not Kill (2)

"Thou shall not kill. Ex. 20:13 It must not be supposed that the command, "Thou shalt not kill," that is, "Kill thou not thy neighbor," is being kept when we merely refrain from killing, hurting, hating the neighbor. The keeping of this command consists positively in loving our fellow man. And I now have reference to a definite man, neighbor. Love is the fulfilment of all the law thus also of the sixth command. It would seem that it is hardly necessary that we be told this. For the absence of...