Know the Text⌕

Reading as Seek: to learn Scripture and its teachings. Same facts, warmer framing.

Read›Romans›Chapter 13

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.

Word by word Greek · tap a word

Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Where the editions differ

Editions are published forms of the Hebrew and Greek texts. Meet the editions and sources →

Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ἀλλήλους elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: ἀλλήλους ἀγαπᾶν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἀλλήλους ἀγαπᾶν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἀγαπᾶν ἀλλήλους.

Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. CC BY 4.0.

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

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

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

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.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Report a problem

Found something wrong, unsourced or unfair? Tell us; every report is read. Please don’t include personal information.

↑