Worded to Meet Fallen Intelligences—The law of Jehovah dating back to creation, was comprised in the two great principles, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. This is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.” These two great principles embrace the first four commandments, showing the duty of man to God, and the last six, showing the duty of man to his fellowman. The principles were more explicitly stated to man after the fall, and worded to meet the case of fallen intelligences. This was necessary in consequence of the minds of men being blinded by transgression (The Signs of the Times, April 15, 1875 [Reprinted in The Review and Herald, May 6, 1875]).{1BC 1104.4}

Formuleret for faldne intelligens-væsener.-- Jehovas lov skriver sig tilbage til skabelsen og omfatter de to principper:" Du skal elske Herren din Gud af hele dig hjerte af hele din sjæl og af hele dit sind. Dette er det største og første bud. Der er et andet, som er dette ligt: Du skal elske din næste som dig selv." (Matt 22,37-39). Disse store principper omfatter de første fire bud og viser mennesket pligter overfor Gud. De sidste seks bud viser menneskets pligt overfor sine medmennesker. Principperne blev tydeligere fastslået overfor mennesket efter faldet og sat i ord for at kunne imødegå menneskers fald. Dette var nødvendigt, som følge af, af menneskenes sind var blevet blændet ved overtrædelse. (ST 15. april, 1875 [Genoptrykt i RH 6. maj, 1875]).