SSS4 : Epistle to the Romans : Lesson 86

Text: Romans 13:8-10
16 December 2018

THE COMMANDMENT TO LOVE

1. Owe no one anything (Romans 13:8a)

a) All debts must be paid
b) No withholding what must be paid (Cf. Proverbs 3:27-28)

2. Love one another (Romans 13:8b)

a) This was a commandment from the Lord Jesus (John 13:34-35)
b) This was remembered by Paul

3. For he who loves another has fulfilled the law (Romans 13:8c)

a) The practice of love
b) Fulfilment of the law

4. The summary of the Ten Commandments (the latter part especially; from the 6th-10th commandment)

a) Summed up
b) You shall love your neighbour as yourself (Romans 13:9)

5. Love does no harm to a neighbour (Romans 13:10a)

a) The nature of love is never harm
b) Harm must never make its appearance

6. Therefore love is the fulfilment of the law (Romans 13:10b)

a) Fulfilment of the law
b) Love is not the mechanical keeping of the law

PAUL’S OTHER THOUGHTS ABOUT LOVE

1. Well-exemplified
Philippians

2. Extolling the virtues of love
1 Corinthians 13