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Connecting Statement:
Paul tells believers how to act toward neighbors.
Owe no one anything, except to love one another
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/translate/figs-doublenegatives)
Owe
This verb is plural and applies to all the Roman Christians. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you)
except to love one another
This is the one debt that can remain, as shown in the note above.
love
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.