[17]John 13:34; 15:12, 17. Of course, Jesus gave other commands too, not least the Great Commission in Matthew 28:19, but the command to love one another is the one which appears repeatedly in John's account of the Last Supper which I am exploring here.
[18]John Ermisch and Marco Francesconi, 'Patterns of Household and Family Formation', in Richard Berthoud and Jonathan Gershuny, (eds.), Seven Years in the Lives of British Families, Bristol: The Policy Press, 2000, pp.21-44.
[19]Tom Wright, Paul for Everyone: 1 Corinthians, SPCK, 2004, p.67.
[20]Rom. 10:4 is better translated 'Christ is the goal of the law' rather than 'Christ is the end of the law.'
[21]Gordon D. Fee, God's Empowering Presence, Hendrickson, 1994, pp.29, 510. See also Neh. 9:13.
[22]In understanding the task of reflecting what the Bible teaches us about God's law, there are important hermeneutical, cultural and theological issues, but exploring those is beyond the scope of this paper.
[23]1 Cor. 9:9; 1 Tim. 5:18.
[24]'Your bodies are members of Christ himself' (1 Cor. 6:15); 'your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit' (1 Cor. 6:19); 'you were bought at a price' (1 Cor. 6:20).
[25]'The two will become one flesh.'
