Romans 13:10

Plain English Version

If you really love people, you will never do bad things to them, so you will be doing what God’s law says you have to do.

Cross References

Matthew 7:12

Jesus said, “You know the way you want other people to treat you. Well, you have to treat other people that same way. You have to live like that all the time. That is a short way of saying the message that is in God’s book. It is what God’s law is all about, and it is what God got his men to write about in his book. You have to always treat other people the same way that you want people to treat you.”

John 13:34

Listen, you have to love each other, just as much as I loved you. This is a new thing I’m telling you, and you have to do it.

Romans 13:8

If ever you borrow anything from anybody, you have to give it back, so that you don’t owe anything to anybody. But you always owe each other this one thing, you have to love each other. If you love other people, you keep God’s law.

Galatians 5:14

Just think about that Jewish law. You will follow all of it if you do this, “Love other people just like you love yourself.”

James 2:8

You know, there is a really important law in God’s book. It says, “Love other people, just like you love yourself.” If you do that, you are doing the right thing.