THEOSISDeuteronomy 15:15Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Remember that thou also wast a bondservant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord thy God made thee free, and therefore I now command thee this.
וְזָכַרְתָּ֗ כִּ֣י עֶ֤בֶד הָיִ֙יתָ֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם וַֽיִּפְדְּךָ֖ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ עַל־כֵּ֞ן אָנֹכִ֧י מְצַוְּךָ֛ אֶת־הַדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּ֖ה הַיּֽוֹם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Deut 16:12And thou shalt remember that thou wast a servant in Egypt: and thou shalt keep and do the things that are commanded.
- 1 John 4:9By this hath the charity of God appeared towards us, because God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we may live by him.
- 1 John 4:11My dearest, if God hath so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
- Isa 51:1Give ear to me, you that follow that which is just, and you that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence you are hewn, and to the hole of the pit from which you are dug out.
- Eph 2:12That you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the conversation of Israel and strangers to the testament, having no hope of the promise and without God in this world.
- Ex 20:2I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
- Eph 4:32And be ye kind one to another: merciful, forgiving one another, even as God hath forgiven you in Christ.
- Eph 5:2And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us and hath delivered himself for us, an oblation and a sacrifice to God for an odour of sweetness.