Romans 13:9

τὸ γὰρ Οὐ μοιχεύσεις. Cf. Romans 8:26. The order of the commandments here is different from that in Exodus 20 or Deuteronomy 5 (Hebrew), but it is the same as in Luke 18:20, and (so far) in James 2:11. This order is also found in Cod.. of the LXX in Deuteronomy 5 καὶ εἴ τις ἑτέρα ἐντολή : this shows that the enumeration does not aim at completeness, and that the insertion in some MSS. of οὐ ψευδομαρτυρήσεις, to complete the second table, is beside the mark. ἀνακεφαλαιοῦται : it is summed up the scattered particulars are resumed and brought to one. The only other instance of this word in the N.T. (Ephesians 1:10) illustrates the present one, though the meaning is not exactly the same. ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου κ. τ. λ. In Leviticus 19:18 this is given as a summary of various laws, mostly precepts enjoining humanity, in various relations; by our Lord (in Matthew 22:39) and by Paul (here and in Galatians 5:14) an ampler, indeed an unlimited range, is given to it. Its supreme position too seems to be what is indicated in James 2:8 by calling it νόμος βασιλικός.