Romans 13:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἡ ἀγάπη τῷ πλησίον κακὸν οὐκ ἐργάζεται: πλήρωμα οὖν νόμου ἡ ἀγάπη.

Transliteration

The agapē to the plēsion kakon not ergazetai: plērōma oun nomou the agapē.

Grammar Details

*agapē*: nominative, feminine, singular - love
*plēsion*: dative, masculine, singular - neighbor
*kakon*: accusative, neuter, singular - evil/harm
*ergazetai*: present middle/passive indicative, 3rd singular - works/does
*plērōma*: nominative, neuter, singular - fulfillment/fullness
*oun*: inferential conjunction - therefore/then
*nomou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of law

Word Meanings

*agapē*: love/charity
*plēsion*: neighbor/fellow man
*kakon*: evil/harm/wrong/injury
*ergazetai*: works/does/performs/produces
*plērōma*: fulfillment/fullness/completion

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Rom 13:8 : 8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Matt 22:39-40 : 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
1 Cor 13:4-7 : 4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

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