Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
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Gill's Exposition
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour,.... That is, the man that truly loves his neighbour, will contrive no ill against him, nor do any to him; he will not injure his person, nor defile his bed, nor…
Barnes' Notes
Love worketh no ill ... - Love would seek to do him good; of course it would prevent all dishonesty and crime toward others. It would prompt to justice, truth, and benevolence. If this law were…
Adam Clarke
Love worketh no ill - As he that loves another will act towards that person as, on a reverse of circumstances, he would that his neighbor should act towards him; therefore, this love can never work…
We are here taught a lesson of justice and charity.
I. Of justice (Rom 13:7): Render therefore to all their dues, especially to magistrates, for this refers to what goes before; and likewise to all…
Cambridge Bible
Love worketh, &c. Such is its very nature, to avoid the kind of acts which as a fact the Law forbids. Therefore Love ("Charity," 1Corinthians 13, &c.), though its action is not, strictly speaking,…