A Wonderful Twist on the Golden Rule

I’m reading through the New Testament in “The Message.” I came to the Golden Rule in Matthew 7:12, which I grew up hearing this way in the KJV: “Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.”

I loved how Eugene Peterson rendered it in “The Message”:

“Here is a simple, rule-of-thumb guide for behavior: Ask yourself what you want people to do for you, then grab the initiative and do it for them. Add up God’s Law and Prophets and this is what you get.”

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