The love that believers express is a weapon against the darkness and the flesh as the community moves together towards the day of salvation. The debt of love can never be settled because we grow up into the salvation that is ours in Christ by loving our neighbor through the work of the Spirit.
Romans 13:8–14 describes the Christian obligation to love our neighbors as we love ourselves. To do this is to fulfill the law of Moses, because love itself never hurts anyone. The time has come for believers to cast off any works of darkness, including drunkenness, immorality, and jealousy.
Traditionally the way people have interpreted Romans 13, one to seven is that we should obey the government in so far as we can and not disobey God. That we should not be troublemakers for the government in any kind of unnecessary sense.
You shall not commit adultery- When a person commits adultery he/she is not loving their neighbor the way God has intended but is, in fact, loving themselves. If a person loves their husband or wife they will not commit adultery. If a person loves others like God wants, they will not commit adultery.
Verse Numbers. 13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. 14 Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.
In Romans 13:11-14, Paul tells us that the time of our salvation is rapidly approaching. He urges us to lead a life of integrity, where we clothe ourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ and abandon our desire to satisfy our sinful nature.
We must not quarrel. We must not be jealous of other people. 14 Instead, you must live with the Lord Jesus Christ as your guide. Do not even think about the bad things that you may want to do to make yourself happy.
If we are Christians, if we know Jesus Christ, we have the power to love. You don't have to ask for it; you've got it. If you have Christ, you can act in love, even though you are tempted not to. Therefore, Paul says: When you come up against difficult people, remember that your first obligation is to love them.
Jesus came not to be served but to serve. Through his service we are declared innocent of our sins. Now, as the recipients of Jesus' saving service, let us decide never to judge and always to serve our brothers and sisters in Christ. Let us decide “to pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.”
Similarly, casting our cares and anxieties on him means that we are moving from trusting our knowledge and abilities to trusting God and resting in his provision. The image of casting our worries upon God is fitting. We don't just tell God our worries; we cast, or throw, them onto him.
Paul restates this, by showing his audience that if you love your neighbor, you will do no wrong to them. You won't steal, covet, murder, or do any wrong to them if you truly love them. Because of this, Paul makes it clear that living a harmonious life through faith involves loving one another.
13 Because we belong to the day, we must live decent lives for all to see. Don't participate in the darkness of wild parties and drunkenness, or in sexual promiscuity and immoral living, or in quarreling and jealousy.
Description. The numbers in the King James Holy Bible have significant meaning that follow the number throughout the scripture. The number 13 has always been an 'unlucky' number. The number 13 is the number that represents Satan, evil, wickedness, devils, and everything vile that is connected to them.
The true objective of man is to please God; however, man without God pleases himself. He has no desire to please God because he is indifferent to Him. In order to truly please God, we must come to Him on His terms.
Now you come to Romans 13:7-8 and you hear something this: “Owe no one anything, that is, owe no one any honor, except to love each other.” What would that mean? It would probably mean: any time you have a debt of honor, you should pay it in love. Every payment of honor should be a payment of love.
Romans 13:8 in Other Translations
8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. 8 Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. 8 Owe nothing to anyone—except for your obligation to love one another.
Romans 13:1-8 In-Context. 1 Everyone must submit to governing authorities. For all authority comes from God, and those in positions of authority have been placed there by God. 2 So anyone who rebels against authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and they will be punished.
In Romans 14, Paul is trying to teach Christians to stop judging each other regarding secondary matters of religious practice about food and holy days. Paul is talking to committed disciples and he told them to focus on peace, upbuilding and avoiding quarrels.
Whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard?
My Prayer...
Holy God who owns all things, I thank you for not just owning me, but for having bought me out of slavery, sin, and death. Please kindle love in my heart through the Holy Spirit so I will love others as you do. In Jesus' name. Amen.
Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. Love does no harm to a neighbor; The negative “does no harm” is a rhetorical figure of speech employing understatement, here meaning “greatly benefits the neighbor.” The negative expression implies a strong affirmation.
In Romans 13:8-10, Paul continues to apply love to a third level of our interaction with those who do not know Christ.
Whether we live or whether we die we are the Lord's, like everything we do is for Him. Everything we do is with Him in mind. Whether we live or whether we die, our focus is to be on how we can glorify Christ.
The overall meaning of Romans 8 is to tell us to live through the Holy Spirit, give us encouragement about our present sufferings and future hope, as well as to remind us of God's great love. Romans 8 is an important part of the New Testament.
Paul's advice to the strong is simple: when the exercise of your legitimate liberty emboldens the weak to violate his conscience, you must defer to his interests and refrain from what would otherwise be permissible for you to do.