"Owe nothing to anyone - except for your obligation to love
one another. If you love your neighbor, you will fulfill the requirements
of God's law. For the commandments say, "You must not commit adultery. You
must not murder. You must not steal. You must not covet. " These and other
commandments are summed up in one commandment: "Love your neighbor as
yourself." Love does no wrong to others, so love fulfills the requirements
of God's law.
This is all the more urgent, for you know how late it is; time is
running out. Wake up, for our salvation is nearer than now than when we first
believed. The night is almost gone; the day of salvation will soon be here. So
remove your dark deeds like dirty clothes, and put on the shining armor of
right living. Because we belong to the day, we must live decent lives for
others to see. Don't participate in the darkness of wild parties and
drunkenness, or in sexual promiscuity and immoral living, or in quarreling
and jealousy. Instead clothe yourself with the presence of the Lord Jesus
Christ. And don't let yourself think about how to indulge your evil
desires.
Romans 13: 8 -14 (New Living Translation)
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