Love, Our Primary Duty

Do not owe anyone anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.(A) The commandments, Do not commit adultery; do not murder; do not steal;[a] do not covet;[b](B) and any other commandment, are summed up by this commandment: Love your neighbor as yourself.[c](C) 10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Love, therefore, is the fulfillment of the law.

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Footnotes

  1. 13:9 Other mss add do not bear false witness
  2. 13:9 Ex 20:13–17; Dt 5:17–21
  3. 13:9 Lv 19:18

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