Romans 13:8

World English Bible (2000)

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

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  • Rom 13:10 : 10 Love doesn't harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.
  • Gal 5:14 : 14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
  • Matt 7:12 : 12 Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
  • Matt 22:39-40 : 39 A second likewise is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' 40 The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."
  • Jas 2:8 : 8 However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well.
  • John 13:34 : 34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another.
  • Rom 13:7 : 7 Give therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor.
  • Col 3:14 : 14 Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.
  • Prov 3:27-28 : 27 Don't withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it. 28 Don't say to your neighbor, "Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you," when you have it by you.
  • Deut 24:14-15 : 14 You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he be of your brothers, or of your foreigners who are in your land within your gates: 15 in his day you shall give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down on it; for he is poor, and sets his heart on it: lest he cry against you to Yahweh, and it be sin to you.
  • 1 Tim 1:5 : 5 but the goal of this command is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith;

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  • Rom 13:9-10
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    9For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not give false testimony," "You shall not covet," and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

    10Love doesn't harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.

  • Gal 5:13-14
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    13For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don't use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

    14For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

  • Jas 2:8-11
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    8However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well.

    9But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.

    10For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.

    11For he who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not commit murder." Now if you do not commit adultery, but murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.

  • Rom 13:7
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    7Give therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor.

  • Gal 6:2
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    2Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

  • Mark 12:31
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    31The second is like this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."

  • Matt 19:18-19
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    18He said to him, "Which ones?" Jesus said, "'You shall not murder.' 'You shall not commit adultery.' 'You shall not steal.' 'You shall not offer false testimony.'

    19'Honor your father and mother.' And, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'"

  • John 15:12
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    12"This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.

  • Lev 19:18
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    18"'You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.

  • 2 Cor 8:13
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    13For this is not that others may be eased and you distressed,

  • Rom 7:7
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    7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be! However, I wouldn't have known sin, except through the law. For I wouldn't have known coveting, unless the law had said, "You shall not covet."

  • Matt 22:38-40
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    38This is the first and great commandment.

    39A second likewise is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'

    40The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."

  • Matt 7:12
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    12Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

  • Luke 6:31-32
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    31"As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.

    32If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.

  • Rom 8:12
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    12So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

  • Rom 13:14
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    14But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.

  • John 15:17
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    17"I command these things to you, that you may love one another.

  • Rom 12:17-19
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    17Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.

    18If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.

    19Don't seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God's wrath. For it is written, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord."

  • 1 John 4:21
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    21This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.

  • John 13:34-35
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    34A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another.

    35By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."

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

  • 1 Thess 4:6
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    6that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.

  • Matt 22:36
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    36"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?"

  • Rom 4:15
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    15For the law works wrath, for where there is no law, neither is there disobedience.

  • 1 John 4:11
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    11Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.

  • Col 3:13
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    13bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

  • Phlm 1:18-19
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    18But if he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, put that to my account.

    19I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it (not to mention to you that you owe to me even your own self besides).

  • Matt 5:43
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    43"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.'

  • Gal 5:3
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    3Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

  • 1 Cor 10:24
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    24Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor's good.

  • 1 Pet 4:8
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    8And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

  • Rom 14:13
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    13Therefore let's not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother's way, or an occasion for falling.

  • Luke 10:27
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    27He answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself."

  • Luke 3:13
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    13He said to them, "Collect no more than that which is appointed to you."

  • Mark 12:33
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    33and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices."

  • Mark 10:19
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    19You know the commandments: 'Do not murder,' 'Do not commit adultery,' 'Do not steal,' 'Do not give false testimony,' 'Do not defraud,' 'Honor your father and mother.'"

  • Rom 2:14
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    14(for when Gentiles who don't have the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are a law to themselves,