Romans 13:8-14

Christian Standard Bible

Love, Our Primary Duty

⁸ Do not owe anyone anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.^{(A) 9} 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.

Put On Christ

¹¹ Besides this, since you know the time, it is already the hour^(D) for you^[d] to wake up from sleep,^(E) because now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.^{(F) 12} The night is nearly over, and the day is near;^(G) so let us discard the deeds of darkness^(H) and put on the armor of light.^{(I) 13} Let us walk with decency,^(J) as in the daytime: not in carousing and drunkenness;^(K) not in sexual impurity and promiscuity; not in quarreling and jealousy. ¹⁴ But put on the Lord Jesus Christ,^(L) and make no provision for the flesh to gratify its desires.^(M)