在希伯来文里,悔改的意思就是:return。就是,回转。在古希腊文里,这个return,特指用于心思意念上的回转,英文翻译就是:return, trust in GOD;或是 return to the LORD your God 。我们中国人平时说的悔改,是改行为。而神要我们做的,是改思想和动机。悔改的意思就是,转变罪的思想和动机,远离罪、弃绝罪,按照神的一切诫命与他同行,完全信靠耶和华!
主耶稣说,最大的诫命:你要尽心,尽性,尽意,爱主你的神。
[niv]Jesus replied: "`Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'
[asv]And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
[jnd]And he said to him, Thou shalt love Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy understanding.
[kjv]Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
[nwb]Jesus said to him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
[rsv]And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.
[web] Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.'
[ylt]And Jesus said to him, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding --
[bbe]And he said to him, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.