Love Fulfills the Law.^* 8Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.^f 9The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery; you shall not kill; you shall not steal; you shall not covet,” and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this saying, [namely] “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”^g 10Love does no evil to the neighbor; hence, love is the fulfillment of the law.^h

Awareness of the End of Time.^* 11And do this because you know the time; it is the hour now for you to awake from sleep. For our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed;ⁱ 12the night is advanced, the day is at hand. Let us then throw off the works of darkness [and] put on the armor of light;^j 13let us conduct ourselves properly as in the day,^* not in orgies and drunkenness, not in promiscuity and licentiousness, not in rivalry and jealousy.^k 14But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.^l