Romans 13:8 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁸Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

Romans 13:8 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Romans 13:10
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Matthew 22:39-40
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. …
Galatians 5:14
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Matthew 7:12
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
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. …

Topics

Benevolence Brotherly Kindness Charitableness Charity Commandments Cruelty Decalogue Discipleship

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 hi…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 8)

8. Owe no man anything, but to love one another--“Acquit yourselves of all obligations except love, which is a debt that must remain ever due” [Hodge]. for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law--for the law itself is but love in manifold action, regarded as matter of duty.