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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. Alternate translation: "Pay all you owe to everyone, and love one another" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/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/jit/figs-you]])
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# anything, except to love one another
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This elliptical command includes the idea of "owe" from earlier in the sentence. Owing things or service to other people is a metaphor for the duty Christians have, in this case to love one another. Alternate translation: "anything, but remember that God has given you the duty to love one another" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-ellipsis]])
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# love
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The kind of love that comes from God is focused on having good things happen to others even when those good things do not happen to the one who loves.
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