Romans 13:8-10 : Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet, and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: love therefore is the fulfilment of the law. If a man pays promptly according to contract, he owes nothing. "Render to all their dues"--pay what is due. When therefore the time comes to meet an obligation, meet it promptly. But the obligation to love one another is always due, and is never fully paid it is a perpetual debt. The marginal reading in the American Standard Version informs us that the Greek word translated neighbor in Romans 13:8 means, the other. So the verse would read, "Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth the other hath fulfilled the law." But the law is not fulfilled by mere sentiment, or feeling, but by deeds of helpfulness; and it means, as well, refraining from doing any harm. It means that one must refrain from doing the evil things mentioned in Romans 13:9. "For this" this is the sum of fulfilling the law of love, namely, refrain from the evils mentioned, and love your neighbor as yourself really it is all summed in the one command: "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." And we love our neighbor as ourselves when we treat him as well as we would have him treat us. If a man loves his neighbor as himself, he will not do him any harm, but always good. This is real love. Romans 13:11. And this, knowing the season, that it is already time for you to awake out of sleep; for now is salvation nearer to us than when we first believed." "And this" additional matter, "knowing the season" knowing the character of the time in which they lived it was time for them to arouse from their indifference and lethargy. Few Christians are ever as wide awake as they should be. "Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee" (Eph. 5:14). "Salvation nearer." This seems to refer to their eternal salvation for they were already in possession of salvation in Christ from their alien sins. As time passes eternal salvation comes nearer. It is now nearer than when we first believed.