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# Connecting Statement:
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Paul tells believers how to act toward neighbors.
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# Owe no one anything, except to love one another
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This is a double negative. You can translate it in a positive form. AT: "Pay all you owe to everyone, and love one another" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublenegatives]])
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# Owe
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This verb is plural and applies to all the Roman Christians. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])
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# except to love one another
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This is the one debt that can remain as shown in the note above.
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# love
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This refers to the kind of love that comes from God and focuses on the good of others, even when it does not benefit oneself.
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# covet
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to desire to have or possess something that another person possesses.
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# Love does not harm one's neighbor
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This phrase portrays love as a person who is being kind to other people. AT: "People who love their neighbors do not harm them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/love]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/neighbor]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/fulfill]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lawofmoses]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/adultery]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/envy]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/command]]
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