_56. What is the substance of the second table?_
Love to ourselves and our neighbor.
=Matt. 22:39. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.=
_57. May we love ourselves?_
Yes, for God has made us, but we must beware of selfishness.
_58. What should a man care for most of all?_
For his soul, the immortal part of himself.
=Matt. 16:26. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the
whole world, and lose his own soul?=
_59. What does the second table teach us about our relation to
our neighbor?_
We must feel and act toward him, as we would have him feel and act
toward us.
=Matt. 7:12. All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to
you, do ye even so to them.=
=1 John 3:18. Let us not love in word, neither with the tongue:
but in deed and truth.=
_60. Who is our neighbor?_
Every human being is our neighbor. Read Luke 10:29-37.
_61. Must we love also our enemies?_
Yes; for even our enemy is our neighbor.
=Matt. 5:44, 45. Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do
good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully
use you, and persecute you;=
=That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven.=