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ROMANS 13:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 1
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Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Love does not harm its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. — Agapē (love) ouk ergaetai (does not work, accomplish) to kakos (evil, harm) toward the neighbor. Plērōma (fullness, fulfillment, completion) of nomos (law) is agapē—not in the sense of abolishing law but consuming it, directing all its commandments toward love. Love is the law's telos (goal, end, purpose).
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Carlos RiveraNote1mo ago
Love Fulfills the Law
Paul concludes: 'Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.' Not more laws. Love. Perfect love eliminates the need for laws because it encompasses all the laws. I ...
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