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Oweὀφείλετεno oneΜηδενὶanythingμηδὲνexceptεἰ μὴto loveτὸ ἀγαπᾶνone another;ἀλλήλουςforγὰρthe one who lovesὁ ἀγαπῶνthe otherτὸν ἕτερονhas fulfilledπεπλήρωκενthe law.νόμον
Romans 13:8
Study it in the app“Owe no one anything except to love one another; for the one who loves the other has fulfilled the law.”
Loving the other person sums up and fulfills the whole lawLove
With the Greek beneath
Romans 13:8, word by word
- Oweὀφείλετεopheilete
owe
To be in debt to someone.
Where else “opheilete” appears- no oneΜηδενὶMēdeni
no one, nothing
No one, nothing.
Where else “Mēdeni” appears- to loveἀγαπᾶνagapan
love
Love: to seek the good of the other, even of someone who does not deserve it.
Where else “agapan” appears- one anotherἀλλήλουςallēlous
one another
One another, each other.
Where else “allēlous” appears- the otherἕτερονheteron
other, another
Other, another, different.
Where else “heteron” appears- has fulfilledπεπλήρωκενpeplērōken
be fulfilled
For what was foretold to come true.
Where else “peplērōken” appears- the lawνόμονnomon
law
The instructions God gave Israel through Moses; also, the whole of Scripture.
Where else “nomon” appears
The context
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.
8 · This verse (above)
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.
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?