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Sunday Gospel: Love fulfills the law

From Delfi · () Lithuanian

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  • The Gospel urges people to owe one another nothing except mutual love.
  • It teaches that loving oneโ€™s neighbor fulfills the law and prevents harm to others.

The Sunday Gospel says that people should owe one another nothing except mutual love. It gathers commandments such as not committing adultery, killing, stealing or coveting into one principle: โ€œLove your neighbor as yourself.โ€

Love does no harm to oneโ€™s neighbor, the passage says. For that reason, love is described as the fulfillment of the law.

Love your neighbor as yourself.

· Paul's Letter to the RomansThe passage presents mutual love as the principle that fulfills the law.
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