Deuteronomy 6:2 (WEB)
that you might fear the LORD your God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you—you, your son, and your son’s son, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged.
Fathers and councils · 2
Tertullian
“…without the attribute eternal; so that the lawyer seems to have consulted Christ simply about the life which the Creator in the law promises to prolong, and the Lord to have therefore answered him according to the law, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy…” — editor's note: Ex. xx. 12 and Deut. vi. 2.
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Clement of Alexandria
“For this same Instructor said then, “Thou shalt fear the Lord God;” but to us He has addressed the exhortation, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God.”” — editor's note: Deut. vi. 2.
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