Romans 13:8

Love Fulfills the Law

8 Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.

Romans 13:8 in Other Translations

KJV
8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
ESV
8 Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
NLT
8 Owe nothing to anyone—except for your obligation to love one another. If you love your neighbor, you will fulfill the requirements of God’s law.
MSG
8 Don't run up debts, except for the huge debt of love you owe each other. When you love others, you complete what the law has been after all along.
CSB
8 Do not owe anyone anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

Romans 13:8 In-Context

6 This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, who give their full time to governing.
7 Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.
8 Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.
9 The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
10 Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

Cross References 1

  • 1. ver 10; S Matthew 5:43; John 13:34; Galatians 5:14; Colossians 3:14
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