Deuteronomio 6:13

13 Temerai l’Eterno, l’Iddio tuo, lo servirai e giurerai per il suo nome.

Deuteronomio 6:13 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 6:13

Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him
Serve him through fear; not through slavish fear, a fear of hell and damnation; but through filial fear, a reverential affection for that God that had brought them out of a state of bondage into great and glorious liberty, out of Egypt into Canaan's land, out of a place of misery into a land of plenty; and therefore should fear the Lord and his goodness, and from such a fear of him serve him, in every part of worship, public and private, enjoined; this passage Christ refers to ( Matthew 4:10 )

and shalt swear by his name;
when they made a covenant with any, or were called to bear a testimony for the decision of any controversy which could not be otherwise finished; or whenever they took an oath on any account, which should never be taken rashly or on any trivial account, and much less falsely; it should be taken not in the name of any idol, or of any other but the true and living God; the Targum of Jonathan is,

``in the name of the Word of the Lord, in truth ye shall swear.''

Deuteronomio 6:13 In-Context

11 alle case piene d’ogni bene che tu non hai riempite, alle cisterne scavate che tu non hai scavate, alle vigne e agli uliveti che tu non hai piantati, e quando mangerai e sarai satollo,

12 guardati dal dimenticare l’Eterno che ti ha tratto dal paese d’Egitto, dalla casa di schiavitù.

13 Temerai l’Eterno, l’Iddio tuo, lo servirai e giurerai per il suo nome.

14 Non andrete dietro ad altri dèi, fra gli dèi dei popoli che vi staranno attorno,

15 perché l’Iddio tuo, l’Eterno, che sta in mezzo a te, è un Dio geloso; l’ira dell’Eterno, dell’Iddio tuo, s’accenderebbe contro a te e ti sterminerebbe di sulla terra.