Love Your Neighbor(A)

Owe no one anything except to love one another, for (B)he who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, (C)“You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” [a]“You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, (D)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore (E)love is the fulfillment of the law.

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  1. Romans 13:9 NU omits “You shall not bear false witness,”

Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for (A)the one who loves [a]his neighbor has fulfilled the Law. For this, “(B)You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, “(C)You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love [b]does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore (D)love is the fulfillment of the Law.

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  1. Romans 13:8 Lit the other
  2. Romans 13:10 Lit works no evil

Love Fulfills the Law

Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.(A) The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,”[a](B) and whatever other command there may be, are summed up(C) in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”[b](D) 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.(E)

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  1. Romans 13:9 Exodus 20:13-15,17; Deut. 5:17-19,21
  2. Romans 13:9 Lev. 19:18

14 For (A)all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: (B)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

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14 For (A)the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, “(B)You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

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14 For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”[a](A)

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  1. Galatians 5:14 Lev. 19:18

16 So let no one (A)judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a [a]festival or a new moon or sabbaths,

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  1. Colossians 2:16 feast day

16 Therefore, no one is to [a](A)act as your judge in regard to (B)food and (C)drink, or in respect to a (D)festival or a (E)new moon, or a (F)Sabbath [b]day—

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  1. Colossians 2:16 Lit judge you
  2. Colossians 2:16 Or days

Freedom From Human Rules

16 Therefore do not let anyone judge you(A) by what you eat or drink,(B) or with regard to a religious festival,(C) a New Moon celebration(D) or a Sabbath day.(E)

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But now (A)after you have known God, or rather are known by God, (B)how is it that you turn again to (C)the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage? 10 (D)You observe days and months and seasons and years. 11 I am afraid for you, (E)lest I have labored for you in vain.

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But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be (A)known by God, (B)how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless [a](C)elementary principles, to which you want to be enslaved all over again? 10 You (D)meticulously observe days and months and seasons and years. 11 I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored [b]over you in vain.

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  1. Galatians 4:9 Or rudimentary teachings
  2. Galatians 4:11 Or for

But now that you know God—or rather are known by God(A)—how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable forces[a]? Do you wish to be enslaved(B) by them all over again?(C) 10 You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!(D) 11 I fear for you, that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you.(E)

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  1. Galatians 4:9 Or principles