Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. New Living Translation Owe nothing to anyone—except for your obligation to love one another. If you love your neighbor, you will fulfill the requirements of God’s law. English Standard Version Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. Berean Standard Bible Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. Berean Literal Bible Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another; for the one loving the other has fulfilled the Law. King James Bible Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. New King James Version Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. New American Standard Bible Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the Law. NASB 1995 Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. NASB 1977 Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. Legacy Standard Bible Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. Amplified Bible Owe nothing to anyone except to love and seek the best for one another; for he who [unselfishly] loves his neighbor has fulfilled the [essence of the] law [relating to one’s fellowman]. Christian Standard Bible Do not owe anyone anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. Holman Christian Standard Bible Do not owe anyone anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. American Standard Version Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law. Contemporary English Version Let love be your only debt! If you love others, you have done all that the Law demands. English Revised Version Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbour hath fulfilled the law. GOD'S WORD® Translation Pay your debts as they come due. However, one debt you can never finish paying is the debt of love that you owe each other. The one who loves another person has fulfilled Moses' Teachings. Good News Translation Be under obligation to no one--the only obligation you have is to love one another. Whoever does this has obeyed the Law. International Standard Version Do not owe anyone anything—except to love one another. For the one who loves another has fulfilled the Law. Majority Standard Bible Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. NET Bible Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. New Heart English Bible Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. Webster's Bible Translation Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. Weymouth New Testament Owe nothing to any one except mutual love; for he who loves his fellow man has satisfied the demands of Law. World English Bible Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionTo no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other—he has fulfilled law, Berean Literal Bible Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another; for the one loving the other has fulfilled the Law. Young's Literal Translation To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other -- law he hath fulfilled, Smith's Literal Translation Owe ye nothing to none, except to love one another: for he loving another has completed the law. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleOwe no man any thing, but to love one another. For he that loveth his neighbour, hath 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. New American Bible Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. New Revised Standard Version Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleOwe no man anything, but love one another: for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law, Aramaic Bible in Plain English Owe no person anything but to love one another, for whoever loves his neighbor fulfills The Written Law. NT Translations Anderson New TestamentOwe no one any thing, except to love one another; for he that loves another, has fulfilled the law. Godbey New Testament Owe no man anything, but to love one another with divine love: for the one loving another with divine love has fulfilled the law. Haweis New Testament Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. Mace New Testament Owe no man any thing, but mutual love: for he that Weymouth New Testament Owe nothing to any one except mutual love; for he who loves his fellow man has satisfied the demands of Law. Worrell New Testament Owe no one anything, but to love one another; for he that loves another has fulfilled the law. Worsley New Testament Owe no one any thing, but to love one another; for he that loveth others hath fulfilled the law: Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Love Fulfills the Law7Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due. 8Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. 9The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”… Cross References Matthew 22:37-40 Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ / This is the first and greatest commandment. / And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ... Galatians 5:14 The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” James 2:8 If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. 1 John 4:7-12 Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. / Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. / This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him. ... 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. / It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. / Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. ... John 13:34-35 A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another. / By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.” 1 John 3:11 This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another. 1 John 3:23 And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us. 1 John 4:21 And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well. 1 Thessalonians 4:9 Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another. 1 Peter 1:22 Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart. Leviticus 19:18 Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD. Deuteronomy 6:5 And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. Proverbs 10:12 Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions. Proverbs 13:10 Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised. Treasury of Scripture Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loves another has fulfilled the law. Owe. Romans 13:7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. Deuteronomy 24:14,15 Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates: … Proverbs 3:27,28 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it… for. Romans 13:10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. Galatians 5:14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Colossians 3:14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. Jump to Previous Continuing Debt Demands Except Fellow Fulfilled Kept Love Loveth Mutual Neighbor Neighbour Outstanding Owe Satisfied SaveJump to Next Continuing Debt Demands Except Fellow Fulfilled Kept Love Loveth Mutual Neighbor Neighbour Outstanding Owe Satisfied SaveRomans 13 1. Subjection, and many other duties, we owe to the authorities.8. Love is the fulfillment of the law. 11. The acts of darkness are out of season in the time of the Gospel. Owe no one anything This phrase begins with a directive that is both practical and spiritual. The Greek word for "owe" is "opheilō," which implies a moral obligation or debt. In the context of the Roman Empire, where financial transactions and debts were common, Paul’s instruction is clear: Christians should strive to live free of financial obligations that could hinder their witness or burden their conscience. This directive aligns with the broader biblical principle of stewardship and integrity, emphasizing that believers should manage their resources wisely and honor their commitments. except to love one another For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law Another.--Literally, the other--that is to say, his neighbour, the person with whom in any given instance he has to deal. We naturally compare with this passage Matthew 22:39-40; Galatians 5:14; James 2:8. It shows how thoroughly the spirit of the Founder of Christianity descended upon His followers, that the same teaching should appear with equal prominence in such opposite quarters. The focusing, as it were, of all morality in this brief compass is one of the great gifts of Christianity to the world. No doubt similar sayings existed before, and that by our Lord Himself was quoted from the Old Testament, but there it was in effect overlaid with ceremonial rules and regulations, and in other moralists it was put forward rather as a philosophical theorem than as a practical basis of morals. In Christianity it is taken as the lever which is to move the world; nor is it possible to find for human life, amid all the intricate mazes of conduct, any other principle that should be at once as simple, as powerful, and as profound. Verses 8-10. - From specific admonitions on this subject, the apostle passes naturally to the principle which, in these regards as well as others, should inspire all our dealings with our fellow-men. Owe no man anything, but to love one another: for he that loveth another (literally, the other, meaning the same as his neighbour) hath fulfilled law. Νόμον here is anarthrous, denoting law in general, not the Mosaic Law in particular, though the instances of transgression that follow are from the Decalogue. The idea of the passage is but a carrying out of our Lord's saying, Matthew 22:39, 40. We find it also in Galatians 5:14 more shortly expressed. 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 (or, summed up) in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour; therefore love is the fulfilling of law.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Be indebtedὀφείλετε (opheilete) Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 3784: Or, its prolonged form opheileo probably from the base of ophelos; to owe; figuratively, to be under obligation; morally, to fail in duty. to no one, Μηδενὶ (Mēdeni) Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 3367: No one, none, nothing. except εἰ (ei) Conjunction Strong's 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc. to one another ἀλλήλους (allēlous) Personal / Reciprocal Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 240: One another, each other. Genitive plural from allos reduplicated; one another. [in] love, ἀγαπᾶν (agapan) Verb - Present Infinitive Active Strong's 25: To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love. for γὰρ (gar) Conjunction Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. he who ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. loves ἀγαπῶν (agapōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 25: To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love. [his] τὸν (ton) Article - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. neighbor ἕτερον (heteron) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 2087: (a) of two: another, a second, (b) other, different, (c) one's neighbor. Of uncertain affinity; other or different. has fulfilled πεπλήρωκεν (peplērōken) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 4137: From pleres; to make replete, i.e. to cram, level up, or to furnish, satisfy, execute, finish, verify, etc. [the] Law. νόμον (nomon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 3551: From a primary nemo; law, genitive case, specially, (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively. Links Romans 13:8 NIVRomans 13:8 NLT Romans 13:8 ESV Romans 13:8 NASB Romans 13:8 KJV Romans 13:8 BibleApps.com Romans 13:8 Biblia Paralela Romans 13:8 Chinese Bible Romans 13:8 French Bible Romans 13:8 Catholic Bible NT Letters: Romans 13:8 Owe no one anything except to love (Rom. Ro) |
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