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Carl Westerlund :: Romans 13:8-10 - How to Fulfill the Law

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Romans in Outline No. 120

THE NEIGHBOR

Romans 13:9-10

Luke 10:29-36

1.1  THE DEBT NOT TO HAVE

Romans 13:8a

2.1  Does not forbid borrowing where contract obligations are met

3.1  JESUS PERMITTED BORROWING

Matthew 5:42

3.2  DEBTS MUST BE PAID

Psalm 37:21

1.2  THE DEBT TO HAVE

Romans 13:8b

2.1  We obey the new commandment

John 13:34-35

John 15:12

3.1  WE LOVE AS HE LOVED US

3.2  WE DEMONSTRATE OUR RELATIONSHIP TO HIM, BY LOVING OTHERS

1 John 4:7-11

1.3  LOVE FULFILLS THE LAW DEBT

Romans 13:8c-10

2.1  The principle

3.1  FULFILLING THE LAW MORE THAN KEEPING THE LAW

Galatians 5:14

Galatians 6:2

2.2  Love summarizes the intent of the law

Romans 13:9

3.1  EXAMPLES OF THE COMMANDMENTS

3.2  THE SUMMARY OF THE WHOLE MORAL LAW

Leviticus 19:18

Matthew 22:37-40

2.3  Love does no evil

Romans 13:10

2.4  The behavior which pays the debt of love

WHAT LOVE DOES WHAT LOVE DOES NOT DO
4 Suffers long  
Is kind  
  Does not envy
  Does not parade itself
  Is not puffed up
  5 Does not behave rudely
  Does not seek its own
  Is not provoked
  Thinks no evil
  Does not rejoice in evil;
  6 Does not rejoice in iniquity
7 Bears all things  
Believes all things  
Hopes all things  
Endures all things  

Romans 13:8-10

8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. (NKJV)

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