Romans 13:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Be in debt for nothing, but to have love for one another: for he who has love for his neighbour has kept all the law.

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  • Rom 13:10 : 10 Love does no wrong to his neighbour, so love makes the law complete.
  • Gal 5:14 : 14 For all the law is made complete in one word, even in this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.
  • Matt 7:12 : 12 All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.
  • Matt 22:39-40 : 39 And a second like it is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. 40 On these two rules all the law and the prophets are based.
  • Jas 2:8 : 8 But if you keep the greatest law of all, as it is given in the holy Writings, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself, you do well:
  • John 13:34 : 34 I give you a new law: Have love one for another; even as I have had love for you, so are you to have love one for another.
  • Rom 13:7 : 7 Give to all what is their right: taxes to him whose they are, payment to him whose right it is, fear to whom fear, honour to whom honour is to be given.
  • Col 3:14 : 14 And more than all, have love; the only way in which you may be completely joined together.
  • Prov 3:27-28 : 27 Do not keep back good from those who have a right to it, when it is in the power of your hand to do it. 28 Say not to your neighbour, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when you have it by you at the time.
  • Deut 24:14-15 : 14 Do not be hard on a servant who is poor and in need, if he is one of your countrymen or a man from another nation living with you in your land. 15 Give him his payment day by day, not keeping it back over night; for he is poor and his living is dependent on it; and if his cry against you comes to the ears of the Lord, it will be judged as sin in you.
  • 1 Tim 1:5 : 5 But the effect of the order is love coming from a clean heart, and a knowledge of what is right, and true faith:

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  • Rom 13:9-10
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    9And this, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not put to death, Do not take what is another's, Do not have desire for what is another's, and if there is any other order, it is covered by this word, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

    10Love does no wrong to his neighbour, so love makes the law complete.

  • Gal 5:13-14
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    81%

    13Because you, brothers, were marked out to be free; only do not make use of your free condition to give the flesh its chance, but through love be servants one to another.

    14For all the law is made complete in one word, even in this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

  • Jas 2:8-11
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    8But if you keep the greatest law of all, as it is given in the holy Writings, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself, you do well:

    9But if you take a man's position into account, you do evil, and are judged as evil-doers by the law.

    10For anyone who keeps all the law, but makes a slip in one point, is judged to have gone against it all.

    11For he who said, Do not be untrue in married life, is the same who said, Put no man to death. Now if you are not untrue in married life, but you put a man to death, the law is broken.

  • Rom 13:7
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    7Give to all what is their right: taxes to him whose they are, payment to him whose right it is, fear to whom fear, honour to whom honour is to be given.

  • Gal 6:2
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    2Take on yourselves one another's troubles, and so keep the law of Christ.

  • Mark 12:31
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    31The second is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. There is no other law greater than these.

  • Matt 19:18-19
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    18He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Do not put anyone to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness,

    19Give honour to your father and your mother: and, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

  • John 15:12
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    12This is the law I give you: Have love one for another, even as I have love for you.

  • Lev 19:18
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    18Do not make attempts to get equal with one who has done you wrong, or keep hard feelings against the children of your people, but have love for your neighbour as for yourself: I am the Lord.

  • 2 Cor 8:13
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    13And I am not saying this so that others may get off free, while the weight comes on you:

  • Rom 7:7
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    7What then is to be said? is the law sin? in no way. But I would not have had knowledge of sin but for the law: for I would not have been conscious of desire if the law had not said, You may not have a desire for what is another's.

  • Matt 22:38-40
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    38This is the first and greatest rule.

    39And a second like it is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

    40On these two rules all the law and the prophets are based.

  • Matt 7:12
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    12All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.

  • Luke 6:31-32
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    31Do to others as you would have them do to you.

    32If you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners have love for those who have love for them.

  • Rom 8:12
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    12So then, my brothers, we are in debt, not to the flesh to be living in the way of the flesh:

  • Rom 13:14
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    14But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not give thought to the flesh to do its desires.

  • John 15:17
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    17So this is my law for you: Have love one for another.

  • Rom 12:17-19
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    17Do not give evil for evil to any man. Let all your business be well ordered in the eyes of all men.

    18As far as it is possible for you be at peace with all men.

    19Do not give punishment for wrongs done to you, dear brothers, but give way to the wrath of God; for it is said in the holy Writings, Punishment is mine, I will give reward, says the Lord.

  • 1 John 4:21
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    21And this is the word which we have from him, that he who has love for God is to have the same love for his brother.

  • John 13:34-35
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    34I give you a new law: Have love one for another; even as I have had love for you, so are you to have love one for another.

    35By this it will be clear to all men that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another.

  • Rom 8:2
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    2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.

  • 1 Thess 4:6
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    6And that no man may make attempts to get the better of his brother in business: for the Lord is the judge in all these things, as we said to you before and gave witness.

  • Matt 22:36
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    36Master, which is the chief rule in the law?

  • Rom 4:15
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    15For the outcome of the law is wrath; but where there is no law it will not be broken.

  • 1 John 4:11
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    11My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.

  • Col 3:13
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    13Being gentle to one another and having forgiveness for one another, if anyone has done wrong to his brother, even as the Lord had forgiveness for you:

  • Phlm 1:18-19
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    18If he has done you any wrong or is in debt to you for anything, put it to my account.

    19I, Paul, writing this myself, say, I will make payment to you: and I do not say to you that you are in debt to me even for your life.

  • Matt 5:43
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    43You have knowledge that it was said, Have love for your neighbour, and hate for him who is against you:

  • Gal 5:3
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    3Yes, I give witness again to every man who undergoes circumcision, that he will have to keep all the law.

  • 1 Cor 10:24
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    24Let a man give attention not only to what is good for himself, but equally to his neighbour's good.

  • 1 Pet 4:8
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    8And most of all be warm in your love for one another; because in love there is forgiveness for sins without number:

  • Rom 14:13
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    13Then let us not be judges of one another any longer: but keep this in mind, that no man is to make it hard for his brother, or give him cause for doubting.

  • Luke 10:27
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    27And he, answering, said, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and for your neighbour as for yourself.

  • Luke 3:13
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    13And he said to them, Do not make an attempt to get more money than the right amount.

  • Mark 12:33
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    33And to have love for him with all the heart, and with all the mind, and with all the strength, and to have the same love for his neighbour as for himself, is much more than all forms of offerings.

  • Mark 10:19
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    19You have knowledge of what is said in the law, Do not put any one to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Do not get money by deceit, Give honour to your father and mother.

  • Rom 2:14
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    14For when the Gentiles without the law have a natural desire to do the things in the law, they are a law to themselves;