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Romans 13:8
Owe no man anything but to love one another; for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the Law.
Owe no man anything but to love one another; for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the Law.
Verse Romans 13:8. _OWE NO MAN ANY THING, BUT TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER_] In the preceding verses the apostle has been showing the duty, reverence, and obedience, which all Christians, from the highest to...
OWE NO MAN ANYTHING - Be not “in debt” to anyone. In the previous verse the apostle had been discoursing of the duty which we owe to magistrates. He had particularly enjoined on Christians to pay to “...
CHAPTER 13 _ 1. Obedience to Authorities. (Romans 13:1 .)_ 2. Love the Fulfilling of the Law. (Romans 13:8 .) 3. The Day is at Hand. (Romans 13:11 .)...
THE ALL-COMPRISING LAW. Romans 13:8. Taxes are debts, and the Christian must owe nothing to anybody except the infinite debt of love! Whoso loves his neighbour, has fulfilled law (_mg.),_ meeting the...
Owe no man anything, except to love each other; for he who loves the other man has fulfilled the law. The commandments, You must not commit adultery, You must not kill, You must not steal, You must no...
THE CHRISTIAN AND THE STATE (Romans 13:1-7)...
NO MAN. no one. Greek. _medeis_. BUT. if (App-118) not (App-105). LOVE. App-135. ANOTHER. the other. App-124. FULFILLED. See Romans 1:29. App-125. THE. Omit....
It is manifest how indispensable to the early growth of the Christian Church these precepts of obedience were. Though their truth is for all generations, whatever may be the phases of political specul...
8–10. The question of duty to the civil power leads to a summary of the principle which underlies all duty towards man, found in the duty of love, τὴν μητέρα τῶν� Chrys.: still the exposition of the p...
Romans 13:1-10. The true relation to the civil power and the outside world....
F. 12–15:13. THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL SEEN IN ITS EFFECT UPON BOTH THE COMMON AND THE INDIVIDUAL LIFE OF CHRISTIANS. In this section S. Paul deals with the consequences of the principles he has worked...
ΜΗΔΕΝῚ ΜΗΔῈΝ. The repetition of the negative gives a strong emphasis to the injunction. ὈΦΕΊΛΕΤΕ in pres. = remain under debt to no man in any matter, except in love. ΕἸ ΜῊ ΤῸ�. ἈΛΛῊΛΟΥΣ must be given...
ΟΦΕΊΛΕΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΌΦΕΙΛΈΩ (G3784) быть должным, быть должником кого-л. ΑΓΑΠΆΝ _praes. inf. act. от_ ΑΓΑΠΆΩ (G25) любить. Артикулированный _inf._ используется как имя. ΆΓΑΠΏΝ _praes. a...
_TEXT_ Romans 13:8-10. Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law. Romans 13:9 For this, thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill,...
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. OWE NO MAN ANY THING, BUT TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER. Love is the only debt which can never be paid off,...
__ The Conduct of the Saints 14 The conduct of the saints in any given economy is based on God's dispensation. If He dispenses law, He requires conduct in accord with law. Mercy calls for a higher s...
13:8 fulfilled (k-16) Perfect tense. By the conduct which flows from love, the law is already fulfilled before its requirement is applied....
ANOTHER] RV 'his neighbour.' HATH FULFILLED] i.e. hath fully met its requirements: cp. Matthew 22:40; For the Christian, faith and love have taken the place of law....
PARAPHRASE. '(1) Obey civil rulers, for they are divinely ordained, (2) and therefore God will punish disobedience. (3, 4) They do God's work, rewarding the good and punishing the evil. (5) Therefore...
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ROMANS _HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 13 A CHRISTIAN’S DUTY TO THE STATE 13:1-7 V1 Everyone ought to obey their rulers. No government has authority unless G...
OWE NO MAN ANYTHING. — The word for “owe” in this verse corresponds to that for “dues” in the last. The transition of the thought is something of this kind. When you have paid all your other debts, ta...
CHAPTER 27 CHRISTIAN DUTY; IN CIVIL LIFE AND OTHERWISE: Romans 13:1 A NEW topic now emerges, distinct, yet in close and natural connection. We have been listening to precepts for personal and social...
εἰ μὴ τὸ ἀλλήλους ἀγαπᾷν = except mutual love. This is the _debitum immortale_ of Bengel; _hoc enim et quotidie solvere et semper debere expedit nobis_ (Origen). ὁ γὰρ ἀγαπῶν τὸν ἕτερον : he who loves...
LOVE FULFILLS THE LAW Romans 13:8 The one debt which can never be discharged is love. Because we can never be out of debt to God, we are called upon to show unending love to man. So long as we love...
The apostle now showed what attitude the believer will take toward the world. The first thing dealt with is submission to authority. These powers are of God. The believer's submission to the will of G...
(9) Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: (10) for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the (g) law. (9) He shows how very few judgments need to be executed, that is, if we so order our lif...
_But that you love one another. This is a debt, says St. John Chrysostom, which we are always to be paying, and yet always remains, and is to be paid again. --- He that loveth his neighbour, hath fulf...
TWENTY-SIXTH PASSAGE (13:1-10). THE LIFE OF THE BELIEVER AS A MEMBER OF THE STATE. Meyer and many others find no connection whatever between the subject treated in this chapter and that of the foregoi...
“ _Owe no man anything, save to love one another; for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law._ ” The expression _anything_ and _no man_ clearly indicate a transition to the private sphere. Most...
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. (2) Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God:...
The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
8._To no one owe ye, etc. _There are those who think that this was not said without a taunt, as though Paul was answering the objection of those who _contended _that Christians were burdened in having...
Among themselves Christians are exhorted not to seek the high things of this world, but to walk as brethren with those of low degree: a precept too much forgotten in the assembly of God to her loss. I...
OWE NO MAN ANYTHING,.... From the payment of dues to magistrates the apostle proceeds to a general exhortation to discharge all sorts of debts; as not to owe the civil magistrate any thing, but render...
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. Ver. 8. _Owe no man, &c._] The Persians reckoned these two for very great sins: 1. To be in debt. 2....
Here, from our duty to magistrates, he passes on to general duties. _Owe no man any thing_ Endeavour to manage your affairs with that economy and prudent attention that you may, as soon as possible, b...
OWE NO MAN ANY THING; discharge, at the proper time, all just obligations. BUT TO LOVE; love to men will lead you to fulfill towards them all your duties....
SUBJECTION TO PROPER AUTHORITY This chapter is as clear as can be in its teaching: nothing but a spirit of rebellion could find difficulty with it - except possibly in the matter of how far this subje...
Own no man anything - Can we owe on our house? car? etc.? When payment is due - pay it! Debt you can't pay = love one another. 9 Look at the law of Moses -- Not commit adultery Not kill Not ste...
OWE NO MAN ANYTHING, SAVE TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER: FOR HE THAT LOVETH HIS NEIGHBOR HATH FULFILLED THE LAW. 'Owe no man anything' -'Leave no debt unpaid' (Wey). _ Points to Note:_ 1. Sadly some have ta...
8-10 Christians must avoid useless expense, and be careful not to contract any debts they have not the power to discharge. They are also to stand aloof from all venturesome speculations and rash enga...
Having treated of special duties belonging to superiors, he now comes to that which is more general, and belongs to all. OWE NO MAN ANY THING; neither your superiors, nor your equals and inferiors; re...
[Having shown that the Christian must recognize the rights of those above him ("the higher powers"), the apostle now proceeds to enjoin upon him the recognition of the just rights of his fellow-beings...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V and, "Those who are in the flesh cannot please God: "[72] Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV " But the cavillers did not know even this, as the apostle says, "th...
Romans 13:8 Owe G3784 (G5720) one G3367 anything G3367 except G1508 love G25 (G5721) another G240 for...
THE CHRISTIAN'S RESPONSIBILITY TO LOVE (13:8-10). Paul now turns his attention from the Christian's duty to the authorities, to the Christian's duty towards the outer world. Jesus Himself stated that...
‘Owe no man anything, except to love one another, for he who loves his neighbour has fulfilled the law.' Having spoken of the Christian's debt to the state Paul now turns to the question of the Christ...
4. _General Exhortation to Love_, _and to a Christian Walk._ The more general exhortation of Romans 13:8 seems to have been suggested by the thought of obligation which underlies Romans 13:7: fulfil a...
Romans 13:8. OWE NO MAN ANYTHING. On the connection of thought, see above. The clause is undoubtedly imperative, and the meaning is very wide, including all possible obligations to every human being,...
SAVE TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER (ε μη το αλληλους αγαπαιν). "Except the loving one another." This articular infinitive is in the accusative case the object of οφειλετε and partitive apposition with μηδεν...
OWE See (Leviticus 19:13); (Proverbs 22:7)....
CONTENTS: Believer's attitude toward civil government. Law of love toward neighbors. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Paul. CONCLUSION: Obedience to civil magistrates is one of the laws of Christ whose relig...
Romans 13:1. _Let every soul be subject to the higher powers,_ of magistrates, governors, proconsuls, kings, and emperors. The christian finds them in power; they allow us to lock our doors at night,...
BE IN DEBT TO NO ONE. Some think this means a Christian should not use credit or borrow money. But most see it continuing the thought of Romans 13:7, and understand it to mean: "Pay every just claim,...
_Owe no man anything._ OWE NO MAN ANYTHING This precept may signify either to leave not our debts unpaid, or never get into debt. It may be looked to as a repetition of “Render unto all their dues” ...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 13:8 Verses Romans 13:8 focus on the Christian’s relationship to the Mosaic law. OWE NO ONE ANYTHING does not prohibit all borrowing. It means that one shou
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 13:8.—Augustine says that “love is a debt which is multiplied by paying.” Milton says, “_By_ owing owes not, but still pays, at once indebted and discharged.” The debt of love...
EXPOSITION ROMANS 13:1 From admonitions to keep peace, if possible, with all men, whether or not within the Christian circle, and to act honourably and benevolently towards all, the apostle now passe...
Shall we turn in our Bibles to Romans 13. As Christians, what should be our attitude towards government? Paul declares, Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of...
1 Timothy 1:5; Colossians 3:14; Deuteronomy 24:14; Deuteronomy 24:15;...
Another [τ ο ν ε τ ε ρ ο ν]. Lit., the other, or the different one, the word emphasizing more strongly the distinction between the two parties. Rev., his neighbor....
A NEW YEAR MESSAGE Romans 13:8 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As one faces the New Year there are usually two dominant things that confront the thoughtful: 1. What about the year that has passed? 2. What about...
From our duty to magistrates he passes on to general duties. To love one another — An eternal debt, which can never be sufficiently discharged; but yet if this be rightly performed, it discharges all...
Our apostle having finished his exhortation to duty towards our superiors, comes now to enforce the duties which we owe unto our neighbours; the first of which is, to render and pay to every one what...