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Romans 13:8
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Don't owe anyone anything—except that you are willing to love each other. Loving your neighbor is the cinch that holds you tight to God. It's not part of what he wants you to do. It's everything.
Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Be in debt for nothing, but to have love for one another: for he who has love for his neighbour has kept all the law.
Owe no one anything, unless to love one another: for he that loves another has fulfilled the law.
Do not owe anyone anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Owe no man any thing, but to love another; for he that loveth another, hath fulfilled the law.
Owe nothing to any one except mutual love; for he who loves his fellow man has satisfied the demands of Law.
Owe no man any thing, but to loue one another: for hee that loueth another hath fulfilled the Law.
Do not continue to owe no one, nothing, except to love one another. For the one loving the other has fulfilled the Law.
Owe nothinge to eny man, but to loue one another. For he that loueth another, hath fulfylled the lawe.
Owe no man any thing, but mutual love: for he that
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. The law code—don't sleep with another person's spouse, don't take someone's life, don't take what isn't yours, don't always be wanting what you don't have, and any other "don't" you can think of—finally adds up to this: Love other people as well as you do yourself. You can't go wrong when you love others. When you add up everything in the law code, the sum total is love.
Owe nothing to anyone except to love and seek the best for one another; for he who [unselfishly] loves his neighbor has fulfilled the [essence of the] law [relating to one's fellowman].
Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law.
Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Owe nothinge to eny man: but to love one another. For he that loveth another fulfylleth the lawe.
Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other -- law he hath fulfilled,
Do not owe people anything, except always owe love to each other, because the person who loves others has obeyed all the law.
Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love, for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Let love be your only debt! If you love others, you have done all that the Law demands.
Don't owe anyone anything — except to love one another; for whoever loves his fellow human being has fulfilled Torah.
Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
Owe nothing to any man, but to loue one another: for he that loueth another, hath fulfilled the Lawe.
Owe no man anything, but love one another: for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law,
Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
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And to no man owe any thing, but one another to love. For whoever loveth his neighbour fulfilleth the law:
And owe nothing to any one; but to love one another. For he that loveth his neighbor, hath fulfilled the law.
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Do not owe anyone anything, but love each other. Whoever loves his neighbor has done what the Law says to do.
Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbour hath fulfilled the law.
Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
Nothing to any, be owing - save to be loving one another; for, he that loveth his neighbour, hath given to, law, its fulfillment.
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another. For he that loveth his neighbour hath fulfilled the law.
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another, for the one who loves someone else has fulfilled the law.
Owe nothyng to no man, but to loue one another: (For he that loueth another, hath fulfylled the lawe.
You should owe nothing to anyone, except that you will always owe love to each other. The person who loves others has done all that the law commands.
Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the Law.
Be under obligation to no one—the only obligation you have is to love one another. Whoever does this has obeyed the Law.
To no man owe ye ony thing, but that ye loue togidere. For he that loueth his neiybore, hath fulfillid the lawe.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Owe: Romans 13:7, Deuteronomy 24:14, Deuteronomy 24:15, Proverbs 3:27, Proverbs 3:28, Matthew 7:12, Matthew 22:39, Matthew 22:40
for: Romans 13:10, Galatians 5:14, Colossians 3:14, 1 Timothy 1:5, James 2:8
Reciprocal: Genesis 14:24 - Save Genesis 23:9 - much money Genesis 23:13 - I will Genesis 23:16 - weighed Genesis 43:12 - double Genesis 43:21 - we have 2 Chronicles 2:10 - I will give Song of Solomon 8:7 - if a man Matthew 5:19 - do Matthew 5:43 - Thou Matthew 19:18 - Thou shalt do Mark 12:31 - Thou Romans 1:14 - debtor Romans 3:31 - yea 1 Corinthians 9:21 - not 1 Corinthians 16:14 - General 1 Thessalonians 3:12 - love 1 John 2:7 - but 2 John 1:6 - this is love
Cross-References
(Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.)
From the Negev, they continued traveling by stages toward Bethel, and they pitched their tents between Bethel and Ai, where they had camped before.
But the land could not support both Abram and Lot with all their flocks and herds living so close together.
So disputes broke out between the herdsmen of Abram and Lot. (At that time Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land.)
The whole countryside is open to you. Take your choice of any section of the land you want, and we will separate. If you want the land to the left, then I'll take the land on the right. If you prefer the land on the right, then I'll go to the left."
Lot chose for himself the whole Jordan Valley to the east of them. He went there with his flocks and servants and parted company with his uncle Abram.
After Lot had gone, the Lord said to Abram, "Look as far as you can see in every direction—north and south, east and west.
Go and walk through the land in every direction, for I am giving it to you."
So Abram moved his camp to Hebron and settled near the oak grove belonging to Mamre. There he built another altar to the Lord .
So Joseph sent his brothers off, and as they left, he called after them, "Don't quarrel about all this along the way!"
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Owe no man anything,.... From the payment of dues to magistrates the apostle proceeds to a general exhortation to discharge all sorts of debts; as not to owe the civil magistrate any thing, but render to him his dues, so to owe nothing to any other man, but make good all obligations whatever, as of a civil, so of a natural kind. There are debts arising from the natural and civil relations subsisting among men, which should be discharged; as of the husband to the wife, the wife to the husband; parents to their children, children to their parents; masters to their servants, servants to their masters; one brother, friend, and neighbour, to another. Moreover, pecuniary debts may be here intended, such as are come into by borrowing, buying, commerce, and contracts; which though they cannot be avoided in carrying on worldly business, yet men ought to make conscience of paying them as soon as they are able: many an honest man may be in debt, and by one providence or another be disabled from payment, which is a grief of mind to him; but for men industriously to run into debt, and take no care to pay, but live upon the property and substance of others, is scandalous to them as men, and greatly unbecoming professors of religion, and brings great reproach upon the Gospel of Christ.
But to love one another. This is the only debt never to be wholly discharged; for though it should be always paying, yet ought always to be looked upon as owing. Saints ought to love one another as such; to this they are obliged by the new commandment of Christ, by the love of God, and Christ unto them, by the relations they stand in to one another, as the children of God, brethren, and members of the same body; and which is necessary to keep them and the churches of Christ together, it being the bond of perfectness by which they are knit to one another; and for their comfort and honour, as well as to show the truth and reality of their profession. This debt should be always paying; saints should be continually serving one another in love, praying for each other, bearing one another's burdens, forbearing each other, and doing all good offices in things temporal and spiritual that lie in their power, and yet always owing; the obligation to it always remains. Christ's commandment is a new one, always new, and will never be antiquated; his and his Father's love always continue, and the relations believers stand in to each other are ever the same; and therefore love will be always paying, and always owing in heaven to all eternity. But what the apostle seems chiefly to respect, is love to one another as men, love to one another, to the neighbour, as the following verses show. Love is a debt we owe to every man, as a man, being all made of one blood, and in the image of God; so that not only such as are of the same family, live in the same neighbourhood, and belong to the same nation, but even all the individuals of mankind, yea, our very enemies are to share in our love; and as we have an opportunity and ability, are to show it by doing them good.
For he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law; that is, not who loves some one particular person, but every other person besides himself, even his neighbour, in the largest sense of the word, including all mankind, and that as himself; such an one has fulfilled the law, the law of the decalogue; that part of it particularly which relates to the neighbour; the second table of the law, as the next verse shows: though since there is no true love of our neighbour without the love of God, nor no true love of God without the love of our neighbour; and since these two involve each other, and include the whole law, it may be understood of fulfilling every part of it, that is, of doing it; for fulfilling the law means doing it, or acting according to it; and so far as a man loves, so far he fulfils, that is, does it: but this is not, nor can it be done perfectly, which is evident, partly from the impotency of man, who is weak and without strength, yea, dead in sin, and unable to do any thing of himself; and partly from the extensiveness of the law, which reaches to the thoughts and desires of the heart, as well as to words and actions; as also from the imperfection of love, for neither love to God, nor love to one another, either as men or Christians, is perfect; and consequently the fulfilling of the law by it is not perfect: hence this passage yields nothing in favour of the doctrine of justification by works; since the best works are imperfect, even those that spring from love, for love itself is imperfect; and are not done as they are, in a man's own strength, and without the Spirit and grace of God. Christ only has fulfilled the law perfectly, both as to parts and degrees; and to him only should we look for a justifying righteousness.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Owe no man anything - Be not “in debt” to anyone. In the previous verse the apostle had been discoursing of the duty which we owe to magistrates. He had particularly enjoined on Christians to pay to “them” their just dues. From this command to discharge fully this obligation, the transition was natural to the subject of debts “in general,” and to an injunction not to be indebted to “any one.” This law is enjoined in this place:
- Because it is a part of our duty as good citizens; and,
- Because it is a part of that law which teaches us to love our neighbor, and to “do no injury to him,” Romans 13:10.
The interpretation of this command is to be taken with this limitation, that we are not to be indebted to him so as to “injure” him, or to work “ill” to him.
This rule, together with the other rules of Christianity, would propose a remedy for all the evils of bad debts in the following manner.
(1) It would teach people to be “industrious,” and this would commonly prevent the “necessity” of contracting debts.
(2) It would make them “frugal, economical,” and “humble” in their views and manner of life.
(3) It would teach them to bring up their families in habits of industry. The Bible often enjoins that; see the note at Romans 12:11; compare Philippians 4:8; Proverbs 24:30-34; 1 Thessalonians 4:11; 2 Thessalonians 3:10; Ephesians 4:25.
(4) Religion would produce sober, chastened views of the end of life, of the great design of living; and would take off the affections from the splendor, gaiety, and extravagances which lead often to the contraction of debts; 1Th 5:6, 1 Thessalonians 5:8; 1Pe 1:13; 1 Peter 4:7; Tit 2:12; 1 Peter 3:3, 1Pe 3:5; 1 Timothy 2:9.
(5) Religion would put a period to the “vices” and unlawful desires which now prompt people to contract debts.
(6) It would make them “honest” in paying them. It would make them conscientious, prompt, friends of truth, and disposed to keep their promises.
But to love one another - Love is a debt which “can” never be discharged. We should feel that we “owe” this to all people, and though by acts of kindness we may be constantly discharging it, yet we should feel that it can “never” be fully met while there is opportunity to do good.
For he that loveth ... - In what way this is done is stated in Romans 13:10. The law in relation to our neighbor is there said to be simply that we do no “ill” to him. Love to him would prompt to no injury. It would seek to do him good, and would thus fulfil all the purposes of justice and truth which we owe to him. In order to illustrate this, the apostle, in the next verse, runs over the laws of the Ten Commandments in relation to our neighbor, and shows that all those laws proceed on the principle that we are to “love” him, and that love would prompt to them all.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Romans 13:8. Owe no man any thing, but to love one another — In the preceding verses the apostle has been showing the duty, reverence, and obedience, which all Christians, from the highest to the lowest, owe to the civil magistrate; whether he be emperor, king, proconsul, or other state officer; here he shows them their duty to each other: but this is widely different from that which they owe to the civil government: to the first they owe subjection, reverence, obedience, and tribute; to the latter they owe nothing but mutual love, and those offices which necessarily spring from it. Therefore, the apostle says, Owe no man; as if he had said: Ye owe to your fellow brethren nothing but mutual love, and this is what the law of God requires, and in this the law is fulfilled. Ye are not bound in obedience to them as to the civil magistrate; for to him ye must needs be subject, not merely for fear of punishment, but for conscience sake: but to these ye are bound by love; and by that love especially which utterly prevents you from doing any thing by which a brother may sustain any kind of injury.
