AA24
We are to be tenderhearted toward our brother and neighbor.
Category: Godliness, Holiness & Righteousness
Type: Positive
Form: Explicit
Source dataset: New Testament
Uniqueness: Unique
Classical commandment: No
New Covenant Literal Application
Applies to Person Categories: Everyone
Literal Application: mandated
More explanation about New Covenant Literal Application
The New Covenant Literal Application Code (NCLA) is an interpretive guide used by the authors to indicate which person categories a mitzvah applies to, and at what level of literal compliance.
It combines person categories such as Jewish, K'rov Yisrael, and Gentile, together with male/female distinctions and an application level such as mandated, recommended, optional, or prohibited.
This code reflects the authors' interpretive opinion and is provided for prayerful consideration. On this page, the technical code is summarized into plain language to help new readers understand it more easily.
Detailed codes: GFm - Gentile female, mandated | GMm - Gentile male, mandated | JFm - Jewish female, mandated | JMm - Jewish male, mandated | KFm - K'rovat Yisrael female, mandated | KMm - K'rov Yisrael male, mandated
Bible references
Key NT Scriptures
- Ephesians 4:32
- 1 Peter 3:8
Supportive NT Scriptures
- Colossians 3:12
- Romans 1:31
Supportive OT Scriptures
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2 Chronicles 34:27
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2 Kings 22:19
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Commentary
Rabbi Michael Rudolph
Being tenderhearted and being compassionate are similar. The subtle difference is that being tenderhearted is a continuous and independent condition, whereas being compassionate requires an external animate being for which or for whom to have compassion. One can therefore be tenderhearted in the absence of an external need but one cannot be compassionate without also being tenderhearted. In translations of the Bible, the terms appear to be interchangeable. One may ask how God can require us to be tenderhearted. Isn’t it a condition of our personality that is God-given or inherited? The answer is that tenderheartedness is a godly trait, the absence of which is the result of our fallen condition. When we willfully receive Yeshua the Messiah into our heart and make him Lord, we experience a rebirth of our spirit that softens our heart toward God, toward our fellow man, and toward God’s other created beings as well.
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