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A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
Gospel of John 13:34 (ESV), c. 30 AD
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What this means, and why it matters to a father

Spoken at the Last Supper on the night of his arrest, this commandment sets the standard for love inside a household: not as a feeling to be managed, but as a practice modeled on the love already shown.

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