Romans 13:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Μηδενὶ μηδὲν ὀφείλετε, εἰ μὴ τὸ ἀγαπᾷν ἀλλήλους: ὁ γὰρ ἀγαπῶν τὸν ἕτερον νόμον πεπλήρωκεν.

Transliteration

To no one nothing opheilete, except the agapan allēlous: the gar agapōn the heteron nomon peplērōken.

Grammar Details

*opheilete*: present active imperative, 2nd plural - owe/be indebted
*agapan*: present active infinitive - to love
*allēlous*: accusative, masculine, plural - one another
*gar*: postpositive conjunction - for/because
*agapōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - loving
*heteron*: accusative, masculine, singular - other/another
*nomon*: accusative, masculine, singular - law
*peplērōken*: perfect active indicative, 3rd singular - has fulfilled

Word Meanings

*opheilete*: owe/be indebted to/be obligated to
*agapan*: to love/cherish
*heteron*: other/another/neighbor
*nomon*: law/code/regulation
*peplērōken*: has fulfilled/completed/satisfied

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Rom 13:10 : 10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: love therefore is the fulfilment of the law.
Gal 5:14 : 14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
Matt 7:12 : 12 All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Matt 22:39-40 : 39 And a second like [unto it] is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 40 On these two commandments the whole law hangeth, and the prophets.
Jas 2:8 : 8 Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:
John 13:34 : 34 A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Rom 13:7 : 7 Render {G3767} to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute [is due]; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.
Col 3:14 : 14 and above all these things [put on] love, which is the bond of perfectness.
Prov 3:27-28 : 27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thy hand to do it. 28 Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will give; When thou hast it by thee.
Deut 24:14-15 : 14 Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners that are in thy land within thy gates: 15 in 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 Jehovah, and it be sin unto thee.
1 Tim 1:5 : 5 But the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned:

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