Sue J Love
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Romans 13:8-10 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
8Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. 9The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” 10Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
Loving Our Neighbors
When this speaks here of us loving our neighbors, i.e. all people, this is not speaking of romantic love, or the emotional feeling of love, but it is speaking of giving preference to God’s will, for He is love! It means to prefer what God prefers which is all that is holy, righteous, godly, upright, morally pure, honest, faithful, and obedient to our Lord and to His commands in daily practice. And it means to not make a practice of doing what is evil, to not lie, cheat, steal, be sexually immoral, commit adultery, and the like, by habit.
And we are to love even those who hate us, and who do evil against us, and who despitefully use us (see Matthew 5:44). We are to love those who lie about us to others, and who give others a false impression of who we really are because they want others to hate us. We are to love those who choose to believe the lies about us and not the truth, too, no matter how badly they might treat us in return. For we are to love as Jesus loves us, and He loved us enough to die on a cross so that we could be free from slavery to sin.
So, if others treat us with contempt, we treat them with kindness. If they sin against us, we do good to them. If they speak evil of us, we speak kindly of them, not in the sense of making up lies about them ever to make them sound good, but we are not to be mean to others just because they were mean to us. If they steal from us, we give to them. We do not trade “tit for tat,” i.e. we do not do to others as they did to us, if what they did to us was evil. It is not ours to repay evil with evil. But we are to repay evil with good.
Romans 13:11-14 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
“11And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. 12The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. 13Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. 14Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.”
Wake Up From Your Slumber
When we believe in Jesus Christ to be Lord and Savior of our lives, it does not end there. For the faith to believe in Christ is not of our own doing, not something we can drum up from our own flesh. The faith necessary for salvation from sin and eternal life with God comes from God. It is gifted to us by God, and it is persuaded of God as to Christ’s righteousness and holiness, and of our sinfulness, and of God’s requirement that we deny self, die to sin, and follow our Lord in walks of obedience to His commands.
So, when this says that our salvation is nearer than when we first believed, it is speaking of our salvation not as a one-time event which takes place in our lives, and then we live, and then we die, and then we go to heaven. It is speaking of our salvation as something that is ongoing and continuous and that which will not be consummated (completed) until Jesus returns and He takes His faithful bride to be with Him for eternity. So we must continue in obedience to our Lord and no longer as slaves to sin until He returns.
The encouragement here for all who profess faith in Jesus Christ is that we are to be those who are continuing to surrender our lives to Christ, and to obey His commands, and to forsake our sins in life practice. As followers of Christ we must put sin to death and we must put on (in sincerity and in truth) all that is of God and is holy and righteous in His sight. And we are to behave decently, not in drunkenness or in sexual immorality or in any other sinful practices. We are to make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]
Love Your Neighbor as Yourself
An Original Work / September 6, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Love Must Be Genuine
Based off Romans 12:9-21
An Original Work / October 22, 2013
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Love must be genuine.
Hate what’s evil; cling to good.
Love each other with affection.
Show respect for ev’ryone.
Never lack in your zeal.
Serve the Lord with diligence.
Rejoice in steadfast hope.
In affliction, patient be.
Keep on praying; share with others.
Practice hospitality.
Bless those who persecute.
Feel with others sympathy.
Be not filled with conceit.
Daily sit at Jesus’ feet.
Live in harmony with others.
Live at peace with ev’ryone.
Repay not to someone
With the evil he begot.
Do not take your revenge;
Leave it to the wrath of God.
If your enemy is thirsty,
Give to him something to drink.
Do what’s right for mankind.
Evil: overcome with good.
8Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. 9The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” 10Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
Loving Our Neighbors
When this speaks here of us loving our neighbors, i.e. all people, this is not speaking of romantic love, or the emotional feeling of love, but it is speaking of giving preference to God’s will, for He is love! It means to prefer what God prefers which is all that is holy, righteous, godly, upright, morally pure, honest, faithful, and obedient to our Lord and to His commands in daily practice. And it means to not make a practice of doing what is evil, to not lie, cheat, steal, be sexually immoral, commit adultery, and the like, by habit.
And we are to love even those who hate us, and who do evil against us, and who despitefully use us (see Matthew 5:44). We are to love those who lie about us to others, and who give others a false impression of who we really are because they want others to hate us. We are to love those who choose to believe the lies about us and not the truth, too, no matter how badly they might treat us in return. For we are to love as Jesus loves us, and He loved us enough to die on a cross so that we could be free from slavery to sin.
So, if others treat us with contempt, we treat them with kindness. If they sin against us, we do good to them. If they speak evil of us, we speak kindly of them, not in the sense of making up lies about them ever to make them sound good, but we are not to be mean to others just because they were mean to us. If they steal from us, we give to them. We do not trade “tit for tat,” i.e. we do not do to others as they did to us, if what they did to us was evil. It is not ours to repay evil with evil. But we are to repay evil with good.
Romans 13:11-14 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
“11And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. 12The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. 13Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. 14Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.”
Wake Up From Your Slumber
When we believe in Jesus Christ to be Lord and Savior of our lives, it does not end there. For the faith to believe in Christ is not of our own doing, not something we can drum up from our own flesh. The faith necessary for salvation from sin and eternal life with God comes from God. It is gifted to us by God, and it is persuaded of God as to Christ’s righteousness and holiness, and of our sinfulness, and of God’s requirement that we deny self, die to sin, and follow our Lord in walks of obedience to His commands.
So, when this says that our salvation is nearer than when we first believed, it is speaking of our salvation not as a one-time event which takes place in our lives, and then we live, and then we die, and then we go to heaven. It is speaking of our salvation as something that is ongoing and continuous and that which will not be consummated (completed) until Jesus returns and He takes His faithful bride to be with Him for eternity. So we must continue in obedience to our Lord and no longer as slaves to sin until He returns.
The encouragement here for all who profess faith in Jesus Christ is that we are to be those who are continuing to surrender our lives to Christ, and to obey His commands, and to forsake our sins in life practice. As followers of Christ we must put sin to death and we must put on (in sincerity and in truth) all that is of God and is holy and righteous in His sight. And we are to behave decently, not in drunkenness or in sexual immorality or in any other sinful practices. We are to make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]
Love Your Neighbor as Yourself
An Original Work / September 6, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Love Must Be Genuine
Based off Romans 12:9-21
An Original Work / October 22, 2013
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Love must be genuine.
Hate what’s evil; cling to good.
Love each other with affection.
Show respect for ev’ryone.
Never lack in your zeal.
Serve the Lord with diligence.
Rejoice in steadfast hope.
In affliction, patient be.
Keep on praying; share with others.
Practice hospitality.
Bless those who persecute.
Feel with others sympathy.
Be not filled with conceit.
Daily sit at Jesus’ feet.
Live in harmony with others.
Live at peace with ev’ryone.
Repay not to someone
With the evil he begot.
Do not take your revenge;
Leave it to the wrath of God.
If your enemy is thirsty,
Give to him something to drink.
Do what’s right for mankind.
Evil: overcome with good.
