Matthew Poole and continuators on Romans 13:8
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Romans13:8
8. Owe no man any thing , but to love one another : for he that loveth another, hath fulfilled the law .
Neither your Superiours, nor your Equals, and Inferiours; render and pay to every Person, what is Due to him, let his Rank and Quality be what it will.
q. d. Only there is one Debt that you can never fully Discharge; that you must be ever paying, yet ever oweing, and that is Love.
This is a Reason why we should Love one another, and be still paying that Debt; and it is taken from the Excellency of Love: He that loves another (i. e. He that doth it in Deed and in Truth) hath fulfilled the Law; He means, the Second Table of the Law, as the next Verse sheweth. He hath done what is required therein.
Having Treated of special Duties belonging to Superiours, he now comes to that which is more general, and belongs to All.
Marginal references: Gal. 5.14. 1 Tim. 1.5. Jam. 2.8.; Or, filled up the law.
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