KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Romans 13:8–9
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Romans 13:8
8Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
8Owe no man any thing, but to loue one another: for hee that loueth another hath fulfilled the Law.
Romans 13:9
9For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
9For this, Thou shalt not commit adulterie, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steale, Thou shalt not beare false witnesse, Thou shalt not couet: and if there be any other commandement, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe.
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DEFINED WORDS
Romans 13:8
To remain indebted or obligated; here, to leave no outstanding obligation except love.
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A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
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One, some, or every member or amount of an indefinite number or quantity, according to context.
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Except; excluding all others or alternatives.
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Affection, goodwill, devoted regard, or charity; as a verb, to regard with such affection or goodwill.
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The number one; a single person or thing; the same or united as a whole.
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One more; an additional or different person or thing.
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Loves; regards with affection, goodwill, or devoted care.
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A rule, command, or body of commands established by authority; especially God's commandments or the law given through Moses, according to context.
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DEFINED WORDS
Romans 13:9
To do or perpetrate; to entrust, deliver, consign, or place in custody, according to context.
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Violation of the marriage bed; a crime, or a civil injury, which introduces, or may introduce, into a family, a spurious offspring. In a scriptural sense, all manner of lewdness or unchastity, as in the seventh commandment.
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To deprive of life; to slay or destroy.
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To withdraw or pass privily; to slip along or away unperceived.
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To carry, support, endure, produce, bring forth, or sustain, according to context.
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Not solid or sound; deceiving expectations. Not faithful or loyal; treacherous; perfidious; deceitful.
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One who testifies from knowledge; testimony; as a verb, to see, attest, or testify.
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To desire or long for, especially what belongs to another.
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One, some, or every member or amount of an indefinite number or quantity, according to context.
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A different or additional person or thing; the remaining one of two or more.
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MEANING IN THIS VERSE
commandment
An authoritative command, charge, order, or precept to be obeyed, as identified by the verse.
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Concisely or in few words.
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APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
comprehended
Contained; included; implied; understood.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Affection, goodwill, devoted regard, or charity; as a verb, to regard with such affection or goodwill.
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From verse 8
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Open the full verse study10Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
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Open the full verse study39And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
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Open the full verse study14For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
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Open the full verse study12Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
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Open the full verse study27¶ Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
28Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
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Open the full verse study34A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
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Open the full verse study7Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
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Open the full verse study8If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
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Open the full verse study14And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
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Open the full verse study14¶ Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
15At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the Lord, and it be sin unto thee.
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Open the full verse study5Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
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Open the full verse study12¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
13Thou shalt not kill.
14Thou shalt not commit adultery.
15Thou shalt not steal.
16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
17Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
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Open the full verse study39And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
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Open the full verse study27And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
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Open the full verse study31And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
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Open the full verse study16¶ Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
17Thou shalt not kill.
18Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
19Neither shalt thou steal.
20Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
21Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour’s wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour’s house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
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Open the full verse study18¶ Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.
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Open the full verse study18He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
19Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
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Open the full verse study7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
8But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
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Open the full verse study13For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
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Open the full verse study34But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
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Open the full verse study20Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
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Open the full verse study8If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
9But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
10For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
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Open the full verse study19Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
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