Love in Action

⁹ Love must be sincere.^(A) Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.^(B)

Submission to Governing Authorities

13 Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities,^(A) for there is no authority except that which God has established.^(B) The authorities that exist have been established by God.

⁷ Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes;^(A) if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.

Love Fulfills the Law

⁸ Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.^(B)

¹⁰ Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.^(A)