Romans 13:8
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.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 24:14Do not be hard on a servant who is poor and in need, if he is one of your countrymen or a man from another nation living with you in your land.
Matthew 7:12All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.
John 13:34I give you a new law: Have love one for another; even as I have had love for you, so are you to have love one for another.
Romans 13:10Love does no wrong to his neighbour, so love makes the law complete.
Colossians 3:14And more than all, have love; the only way in which you may be completely joined together.
James 2:8But if you keep the greatest law of all, as it is given in the holy Writings, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself, you do well:
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 →