Romans 13:8–10
Loving the other person sums up and fulfills the whole law
Study it word by word8Owe no one anything except to love one another; for the one who loves the other has fulfilled the law.
9For: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not covet; and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
10Love works no evil to the neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
In its context
6For because of this you also pay tribute; for they are public servants of God, devoting themselves to this very thing.
7Pay to all what is owed: to the one owed tribute, tribute; to the one owed tax, tax; to the one owed fear, fear; to the one owed honor, honor.
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11And do this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to rise from sleep; for now salvation is nearer to us than when we came to believe.
12The night is far gone, and the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.
Its words in the original
- ΜηδενὶMēdeni· no one, nothing
No one, nothing.
- ὀφείλετεopheilete· ought, owe
Owe; ought, be obliged.
- ἀλλήλουςallēlous· one another
One another, each other.
- ἀγαπᾶνagapan· love
Love: to seek the good of the other, even of someone who does not deserve it.
- ἕτερονheteron· other, another
Other, another, different.
- νόμονnomon· law
Law. In the Gospels, above all the law of Moses, the Torah.
- πεπλήρωκενpeplērōken· fulfill, fill
Fill; fulfill: bring about what a word announced.
- μοιχεύσειςmoicheuseis· commit adultery
Commit adultery.
- φονεύσειςphoneuseis· murder
Kill, murder.
- κλέψειςklepseis· steal
Steal.
- ἐπιθυμήσειςepithymēseis· desire, covet
Desire strongly, long for; also covet, lust after.
- ἐντολήentolē· commandment
Commandment, order.
- λόγῳlogōi· word
Word, saying, message; also reason, cause, account.
- ἀνακεφαλαιοῦταιanakephalaioutai· sum up
Sum up, gather everything together under one head.
- πλησίονplēsion· near, neighbor
Near; "the neighbor": the one who is near, the other person.
- σεαυτόνseauton· yourself
Yourself.
- ἀγάπηagapē· love
Love.
- κακὸνkakon· bad, evil
Bad, evil.
- ἐργάζεταιergazetai· work
Work, do, carry out.
- πλήρωμαplērōma· fullness
Fullness; what fills.