A Summary of the Bible

I've often wished the entire Bible had been hidden away except for the following:

• "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
  - John 3:16

• "For by grace are ye saved through faith and that not of yourselves. It is the gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast."
  - Ephesians 2:8,9
  
  
• "Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 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. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets'."
  - Matthew 22:36-40

Sure would have been a lot less confusion, fewer arguments and doctrines, and we'd have all we needed to know to please our Creator and to ensure our own eternal life.