Romans 13:10

Love doeth no evil to one's neighbor; because love is the fulfillment of the law.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

9For this likewise, which it saith: Thou shalt not kill; nor commit adultery; nor steal; nor covet; and if there is any other commandment, it is completed in this sentence: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

11And this also know ye, that it is the time and the hour, that we should henceforth be awake from our sleep. For now our life hath come nearer to us, than when we believed.

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Cross References

Matthew 22:39And the second, which is like it, is, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

1 Corinthians 13:4Love is long-suffering, and is kind; love is not envious; love is not boisterous; and is not inflated;

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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