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Loveἡ ἀγάπηworksἐργάζεταιnoοὐκevilκακὸνto the neighbor;τῷ πλησίονthereforeοὖνloveἡ ἀγάπηisthe fulfillmentπλήρωμαof the law.νόμου
Romans 13:10
Study it in the app“Love works no evil to the neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.”
Loving the other person sums up and fulfills the whole lawLove
With the Greek beneath
Romans 13:10, word by word
- Loveἀγάπηagapē
love
Love that gives itself, seeking the other's good, like God's.
Where else “agapē” appears- worksἐργάζεταιergazetai
do
To accomplish something, good or bad.
Where else “ergazetai” appears- evilκακὸνkakon
evil
What goes against God's will and harms others.
Where else “kakon” appears- to the neighborπλησίονplēsion
neighbor
The other person, whom you must love as yourself.
Where else “plēsion” appears- the fulfillmentπλήρωμαplērōma
fulfillment
What carries out completely: love brings the law to its full aim.
Where else “plērōma” appears- of the lawνόμουnomou
law
The instructions God gave Israel through Moses; also, the whole of Scripture.
Where else “nomou” appears
The context
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.
10 · This verse (above)
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.
To study Romans 13 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul say we owe others, and how does he sum up the law? (vv. 8-10)
2. What it means
Why does Paul say love does no harm to a neighbor and so fulfills the law? (v. 10)
3. How I live it
Whom close to you can you show love in a concrete way this week, expecting nothing in return?