Paul states: 'Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.' One perpetual obligation: love. Everything else should be paid and cleared.
I'm a financial counselor, and this verse shapes how I advise people. Don't live in perpetual debt. Pay your bills. Honor your obligations. But understand that the deepest obligation is love. If you achieve financial success but lose the capacity to love, you've failed.
I counsel couples on finances, and often the money issue is really a love issue. One partner hoards; the other spends. But it's about control and care underneath. When they refocus on their obligation to love each other, the money problems often resolve. Not because money doesn't matter. But because love becomes the organizing principle.
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