Romans 13:8

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

Cross-reference

Romans 13:10 clarifies that love fulfills the law by not harming neighbor, directly building on the previous verse's statement about love being the debt.

Romans 13:7 Parallel

Romans 13:7 establishes the principle of paying debts, which verse 8 builds on by declaring love as the enduring debt.

Romans 3:31 Parallel

Romans 3:31 affirms that faith upholds the law — paralleling how love fulfills the law here. Both passages show the law is not abolished.

Proverbs 3:28 Related theme

Proverbs 3:28 instructs not to delay giving when you have means — a specific application of the love that Paul says is the only debt we owe.

James 2:8 Parallel

James 2:8 calls love of neighbor the 'royal law' and ties it to fulfilling Scripture, matching the logic of Romans 13:8 that love fulfills the law.

Galatians 5:14 similarly states that the entire law is summed up in loving neighbor, reinforcing the same point from Paul's other letter.

Matthew 22:40 explains that love for God and neighbor is the foundation of the entire law, echoing the claim in Romans 13:8 that love fulfills the law.

Matthew 22:39 gives the specific command to love neighbor as self, which grounds the 'except' in Romans 13:8 — the debt of love.

Matthew 7:12 presents the Golden Rule as summing up the Law and Prophets — parallel to Paul's statement that love fulfills the law.

Proverbs 3:27 Related theme

Proverbs 3:27 warns against withholding good when you can give — aligning with Paul's call to owe nothing except love, which actively does good.

Mark 12:31 Citation

Mark 12:31 records Jesus citing 'love your neighbor as yourself' — the OT command Paul directly references as the fulfillment of the law. Clear citation.

Matthew 19:18 lists second-table commandments (murder, adultery) that Paul says love fulfills (Rom 13:9). Strong parallel to the law summarized.

1 Corinthians 16:14 commands doing everything in love — directly echoing the call to love one another as the fulfillment of the law here.

Matthew 5:43 quotes the command to love your neighbor — the very law Paul says love fulfills. Direct thematic link to neighbor-love.

2 John 1:6 Parallel

2 John 1:6 equates love with walking in obedience to commands — directly connecting love and law as Paul does in calling love the debt that fulfills the law.

Colossians 3:14 presents love as the unifying virtue that perfects all others, complementing the idea that love fulfills the law.

1 Thessalonians 3:12 prays for love to overflow for all — matching the universal love debt Paul describes here as fulfilling the law.

1 Timothy 1:5 Related theme

1 Timothy 1:5 describes love as the aim of the gospel command, aligning with the emphasis on love as the debt that fulfills the law.

1 John 2:7 Parallel

1 John 2:7 reminds that the love command is not new but from the beginning — reinforcing its foundational role in fulfilling the law here.