Christian Love

Rowan Hilsden | Aug 31, 2025

Scripture: Romans 13:8–14

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.

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)

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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
  4. 13:11 Other mss read for us

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