Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery; you shall not murder; you shall not steal; you shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law.
When it’s all said and done, what really matters? When I say said and done, I refer to all of Scripture and specifically here, the Ten Commandments, the second part of them which have to do with love of neighbor. The answer: love, and a love understood through Jesus and God’s Word in Jesus.
This love doesn’t set aside the commandments (CEB Study Bible), but instead gives the true meaning and motivation in keeping them. It is to be done all out of love. Otherwise it’s missing the point. Scripture is really a means to that end to be discerned in community and read, meditated and studied for that purpose. Always in the light of the Jesus of the four gospels.
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