Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Love doesn't hurt the people around you, it literally can't. That's why love is what the whole law was pointing to all along.
Love never hurts people, and honestly, that's the whole point of everything.
📚 Historical Context
In the first century AD, the Apostle Paul wrote his letter to the Romans to address both Jewish and Gentile Christians in Rome, emphasizing how faith in Christ transforms and fulfills the Old Testament law in a society influenced by Roman authority. In Romans 13, Paul urges believers to live peaceably under government rule and to express love as the highest moral standard, drawing from the Ten Commandments to show how love encompasses God's expectations. This verse specifically summarizes that true love actively avoids harming others and serves as the complete embodiment of the law's demands.
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