Monday 2020.08.24
Reading from Romans Chapter 13
Fulfilling the Law with one commandment.
In verses 8 and 9 of Romans 13, the apostle teaches that we fulfill the Law by loving one another. He points out, for instance, that the Sixth to the Tenth Commandments, given in Exodus 20:13 - 17, can be simply understood in one saying, "You shall love your neighbour as yourself".
Romans 13:8, 9 KJV
8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
The saying, "You shall love one another" is a command given by Moses in Leviticus 19:18, and is taught by our Lord Iesou in Matthew 22:39 as the Second Greatest Commandment in the Law (the Greatest Commandment being, "And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." given in Deuteronomy 6:5 and 10:12).
In Matthew 22:40, our Lord Iesou states that all the Law and the teachings of the Prophets hang on these two Greatest Commandments.
See also Matthew 5:43; Matthew 19:19; Mark 12:31; Galatians 5:14; and James 2:8.
