Romans 13:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Rom 13:10 : 10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Gal 5:14 : 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Matt 7:12 : 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.
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.
Jas 2:8 : 8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
John 13:34 : 34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Rom 13:7 : 7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
Col 3:14 : 14 And above all these things put on charity, 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 thine hand to do it. 28 Say not unto thy neighbour, 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 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: 15 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.
1 Tim 1:5 : 5 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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