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pagetitle: What is the sum of the six commandments which contain our duty to man?
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#### Shorter Catechism

<span class="q">Q 42.</span> What is the sum of the ten commandments?

<span class="q">A.</span> The sum of the Ten Commandments is, to love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our strength, and with all our mind; and our neighbor as ourselves.[^fnref:wsc1]


[^fnref:wsc1]: <div class="esv"><h5>Matthew 22:37-40</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p40022037.01-1">And he said to him, <span class="woc">&#8220;You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.</span> <span class="woc">This is the great and first commandment.</span> <span class="woc">And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.</span> <span class="woc">On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.&#8221;</span>  (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>


#### Larger Catechism

<span class="q">Q 122.</span> What is the sum of the six commandments which contain our duty to man?

<span class="q">A.</span> The sum of the six commandments which contain our duty to man is, to love our neighbor as ourselves,[^fnref:wlc1] and to do to others what we would have them to do to us.[^fnref:wlc2]


[^fnref:wlc1]: <div class="esv"><h5>Matthew 22:39</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p40022039.01-1"><span class="woc">And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.</span>  (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>

[^fnref:wlc2]: <div class="esv"><h5>Matthew 7:12</h5> <div class="esv-text"> <p id="p40007012.04-1"><span class="woc">&#8220;So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.</span>  (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>