10/11/20 THE ONE ANOTHER’S IN THE NT #4 — Romans 13:8 (CSB) Do not owe anyone anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

This is NOT a prohibition against borrowing money, which Scripture permits and regulates (numerous references OT and NT). Paul's point is that all our financial obligations must be paid when they are due.

Believers are commanded to love not only other Christians, but also non-Christians (many NT references). Here “love” is agape, that self-less, sacrificial God-kind of love. When we do that we have fulfilled the law, as verse 10 confirms and elaborates.      (adapted from The MacArthur Study Bible)