Romans 13:8 (KJV)
“Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.”
Romans 13:8 is verse of the day number 253 of 366 on Lampfold, under the theme “Owe no man but love”. It comes from Romans 13, and 9 other passages connected to it are listed below.
Romans 13:8 in other translations
Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Romans 13:8 in context
Romans 13:5–11 (KJV). The verse of the day is highlighted.
5Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
6For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
7Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
8Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
9For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
10Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
11And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
Cross-references for Romans 13:8
Passages most often linked to Romans 13:8, strongest connections first.
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
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.
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates: At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
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