Roma 13:8-10

Exhortation to Love Neighbors

13:8 Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. 13:9 For the commandments, ¹  “Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not covet,” ²  (and if there is any other commandment) are summed up in this, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” ³  13:10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

Galatia 5:14

5:14 For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment, ⁴  namely, “You must love your neighbor as yourself.” ⁵ 

Yakobus 2:8

2:8 But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture, ⁶  “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” ⁷  you are doing well.

[13:9]  ¹ tn Grk “For the…” (with the word “commandments” supplied for clarity). The Greek article (“the”) is used here as a substantiver to introduce the commands that are quoted from the second half of the Decalogue (ExSyn 238).

[13:9]  ² sn A quotation from Exod 20:13-15, 17; Deut 5:17-19, 21.

[13:9]  ³ sn A quotation from Lev 19:18.

[5:14]  ⁴ tn Or “can be fulfilled in one commandment.”

[5:14]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Lev 19:18.

[2:8]  ⁶ tn Grk “according to the scripture.”

[2:8]  ⁷ sn A quotation from Lev 19:18 (also quoted in Matt 19:19; 22:39; Mark 12:31; Luke 10:27; Rom 13:9; Gal 5:14).