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10 Does love hurt anyone? Absolutely not. In fact, love achieves everything the law requires.

Believers are not to have any obligation of any kind. Borrowed money and granted favors always come with strings attached. How many lives and families have been ruined by debts and deals made in haste! There is only one obligation Paul allows, and that is love. When we share God’s care and compassion with others, we fulfill His law whether we realize it or not. Fundamentally, God’s law has always been about love.

11 And now consider this. You know well the times you are living in. It is time for you to wake up and see what is right before your eyes: for salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. 12 The darkness of night is dissolving as dawn’s light draws near, so walk out on your old dark life and put on the armor of light.

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10 Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.(A)

The Day Is Near

11 And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come(B) for you to wake up from your slumber,(C) because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. 12 The night is nearly over; the day is almost here.(D) So let us put aside the deeds of darkness(E) and put on the armor(F) of light.

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