Love Fulfills the Law
Romans 13:8
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
- KJV
- Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
- WEB
- Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
- ASV
- Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law.
- LSV
- To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other—he has fulfilled law,
- YLT
- To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other — law he hath fulfilled,
- DBY
- Owe no one anything, unless to love one another: for he that loves another has fulfilled the law.
- DRC
- Owe no man any thing, but to love one another. For he that loveth his neighbour, hath fulfilled the law.
- GNV
- Owe nothing to any man, but to loue one another: for he that loueth another, hath fulfilled the Lawe.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ἀλλήλους elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: ἀλλήλους ἀγαπᾶν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἀλλήλους ἀγαπᾶν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἀγαπᾶν ἀλλήλους.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- Μηδενὶ μηδὲν ὀφείλετε, εἰ μὴ τὸ ἀλλήλους ἀγαπᾶν· ὁ γὰρ ἀγαπῶν τὸν ἕτερον νόμον πεπλήρωκεν.
- RP2018
- Μηδενὶ μηδὲν ὀφείλετε, εἰ μὴ τὸ ἀγαπᾷν ἀλλήλους· ὁ γὰρ ἀγαπῶν τὸν ἕτερον, νόμον πεπλήρωκεν.
- TR-Boyd
- Μηδενὶ μηδὲν ὀφείλετε, εἰ μὴ τὸ ἀγαπᾷν ἀλλήλους· ὁ γὰρ ἀγαπῶν τὸν ἕτερον, νόμον πεπλήρωκε.
- SCR1894
- μηδενι μηδεν οφειλετε ει μη το αγαπαν αλληλους ο γαρ αγαπων τον ετερον νομον πεπληρωκεν
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Cross-references most cited first
- Romans 13:10Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
- Matthew 22:39–40And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
- Galatians 5:14The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
- Matthew 7:12In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.
- Proverbs 3:27–28Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act. Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”— when you already have the means.
- Romans 13:7Pay 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.
- John 13:34A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
- James 2:8If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
- Colossians 3:14And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.
- Deuteronomy 24:14–15Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns. You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them.…
- 1 Timothy 1:5The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.
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