Romans 13:9
For these commandments: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not kill, you shall not steal, you shall not indulge evil desire; and if there is any other commandment, all are summed up in this saying, namely: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
8Owe no one any thing, except to love one another; for he that loves another, has fulfilled the law.
10Love works no evil to our neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law.
Cross References
Matthew 22:39And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
Mark 12:31And the second, which is like it, is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.
Luke 18:20You know the commandments, Do not commit adultery; Do not kill; Do not steal; Do not bear false testimony; Honor your father and your mother.
Galatians 5:13For you have been called to freedom, brethren: only use not your freedom as an occasion for the flesh, but become servants to one another, through love.
Matthew Henry on Romans 13:8-11
Justice and Charity. ( a. d. 58.) 7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. 8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. 9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love… Read the whole commentary →