Romans 13:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Let love be your only debt! If you love others, you have done all that the Law demands.

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No one who loves others will harm them. So love is all that the Law demands.

All that the Law says can be summed up in the command to love others as much as you love yourself.

Treat others as you want them to treat you. This is what the Law and the Prophets are all about.

Pay all that you owe, whether it is taxes and fees or respect and honour.

You will do well, if you obey the most important law in the Scriptures. It is the law that commands us to love others as much as we love ourselves.

Love is more important than anything else. It is what ties everything completely together.

But I am giving you a new command. You must love each other, just as I have loved you.

You must teach people to have genuine love, as well as a good conscience and true faith.

You can tell God's children from the devil's children, because those who belong to the devil refuse to do right or to love each other.