(A)Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.

Fulfilling the Law Through Love

(B)Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for (C)the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, (D)“You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: (E)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore (F)love is the fulfilling of the law.

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