“In everything do to others as you would have them do to you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Romans 13:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Keep out of debt and owe no man anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor [who practices loving others] has fulfilled the Law [relating to one's fellowmen, meeting all its requirements]. American Standard Version (1901) Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law. Common English Bible Don’t be in debt to anyone, except for the obligation to love each other. Whoever loves another person has fulfilled the Law. Catholic Public Domain Version You should owe nothing to anyone, except so as to love one another. For whoever loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Owe no man any thing, but to love one another. For he that loveth his neighbour, hath fulfilled the law. |
“In everything do to others as you would have them do to you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.
Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law.
Pay to all what is due them: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
But the aim of such instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and sincere faith.
If you really fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.
The children of God and the children of the devil are revealed in this way: all who do not do what is right are not from God, nor are those who do not love a brother or sister.