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NASB					Rom 13:8 ¶ Owe³⁷⁸⁴ nothing³³⁶⁷ to anyone³³⁶⁷ except¹⁵⁰⁸ to love²⁵ one²⁴⁰ another²⁴⁰; for ^Ahe who loves²⁵ ¹his neighbor²⁰⁸⁷ has fulfilled⁴¹³⁷ the law³⁵⁵¹.
AMPLIFIED 2015					Rom 13:8 ¶ ¹Owe nothing to anyone except to ²love and seek the best for one another; for he who [unselfishly] loves his neighbor has fulfilled the [essence of the] law [relating to one's fellowman]. [Matt 22:36-40]

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Debt is generally to be avoided, but Paul probably is addressing debt to individuals with whom one has a personal relationship.

The key to understanding this and other statements about love is to know that this love (the Greek word agape) is not so much a matter of emotion as it is of doing things for the benefit of another person, that is, having an unselfish concern for another and a willingness to seek the best for other believers.

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Matt 7:12 ¶ "In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

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Greek Heb.

agapaô; of unc. or.; to love:--beloved(8), felt a love for(1), love(1), love(75), loved(38), loves(20).

240

allêlôn; a recip. pron.; of one another:--another(1), each(1), each other(1), one another(90), one another's(2), other's(1), themselves(1), together*(2), yourselves(1).

1508

ei mê; from 1487 and 3361; if not:--except(40), except*(1), more than(1), unless(1).

2087

heteros; of unc. or.; other:--another(31), another man(1), another one(2), any other(1), different(6), else(2), neighbor(3), next(3), one(1), other(31), other person(1), others(13), someone else(1), strange(1), strangers(1).

3367

mêdeis,
mêdemia,
mêden; from 3366 and 1520; no one, nothing:--all(1), any(7), anyone(8), anything(2), least(1), never(1), no(9), no at all(1), no basis(1), no man(1), no one(26), no way(1), nothing(22), without(4), without...any(1), without any(1).

3551

nomos; from nemô (to parcel out); that which is assigned, hence usage, law:--Law(193), laws(2), principle(1).

3784

opheilô; a prim. word; to owe:--had(1), have(1), indebted(2), must(1), obligated(3), ought(15), owe(4), owed(4), owes(1), responsible(1), should(2).

4137

plêroô; from 4134; to make full, to complete:--accomplish(1), accomplished(1), amply supplied(1), approaching(1), complete(1), completed(3), completing(1), elapsed(1), fill(3), filled(16), fills(1), finished(1), fulfill(20), fulfilled(20), fully carry(1), fully come(1), fully preached(1), increasing(1), made complete(2), made full(5), make...full(1), make...complete(1), passed(2), supply(1).

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