Romans 13:10

Love never wrongs a neighbor. Therefore love fully satisfies the Law.

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In The King James Version

Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

In Context

9The commandments, ‘You must not commit adultery, you must not kill, you must not steal, you must not covet,’ and whatever other commandment there is, are all summed up in the words – ‘You must love your neighbor as you love yourself.’

11This I say, because you know the crisis that we have reached, for the time has already come for you to rouse yourselves from sleep; our salvation is nearer now than when we accepted the faith.

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Cross References

Matthew 22:39The second, which is like it, is this – You must love your neighbor as you love yourself.

1 Corinthians 13:4Love is long-suffering, and kind; love is never envious, never boastful, never conceited, never behaves unbecomingly;

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 →

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