John Trapp Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 6:5
Deu 6:5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. Ver. 5. And thou shalt love. ] See Trapp on " Mat 22:37 " This shows the impossibility of keeping the law perfectly: Ita ut frustra sint sophistae, &c. The true Christian counts all that he can do for God but a little of that much he owes him, and that he could gladly beteem him. But what a wretched monk was that that died with these words in his mouth, Redde mihi aeternam... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 6:4
Deu 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God [is] one LORD: Ver. 4. The Lord our God is one Lord. ] One in Three, and Three in One. Here are three words answering the three persons; and the middle word, Our God, deciphering fitly the second, who assumed our nature, as Galatinus well observeth. Echad, One, may show the unity of essence in this plurality of persons. Others take notice that the last letter of this first word, "hear," is extraordinarily large in the Hebrew, as calling for utmost heed... read more