Romans 13:11

"Love doesn’t harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law."

Key Reflection

This verse emphasizes that true love prevents us from harming our neighbors, making it the ultimate fulfillment of God's law. By loving others as ourselves, we embody the essence of divine commandments, transcending specific prohibitions to live in harmony and mutual benefit.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 11. And that. The word "that" in this place, is connected in signification with the word "this" in Ro 13:9. The meaning may be thus expressed: All the requirements of the law towards our neighbour may be met by two things: one is Ro 13:9,10 by love; the other is Ro 13:11-14 by remembering that we are near to eternity; keeping a deep sense of this truth before the mind. This will prompt to a life of honesty, truth, and peace, and contentment, Ro 13:13. The doctrine in these verses Ro 13:11-14 therefore is, that a deep conviction of the nearness of eternity will prompt to an upright life in the intercourse of man with man. Knowing the time. Taking a proper estimate of the time.

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