10Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. …
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-10)We are here taught a lesson of justice and charity. I. Of justice (Rom. 13:7): Render therefore to all their dues , especially to magistrates, for this refers to what goes before; and likewise to all with whom we have to do. To be just is to give to all their due, to give every body his own. What we have we have as stewards; others have an interest in it, and must have their dues. “Render to God h…
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