⁸Do not owe people anything, except always owe love to each other, because the person who loves others has obeyed all the law. ⁹The law says, “You must not be guilty of adultery. You must not murder anyone. You must not steal. You must not want to take your neighbor’s things.” ⁿ All these commands and all others are really only one rule: “Love your neighbor as you love yourself.” ⁿ ¹⁰Love never hurts a neighbor, so loving is obeying all the law.

¹¹Do this because we live in an important time. It is now time for you to wake up from your sleep, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. ¹²The “night” ⁿ is almost finished, and the “day” ⁿ is almost here. So we should stop doing things that belong to darkness and take up the weapons used for fighting in the light. ¹³Let us live in a right way, like people who belong to the day. We should not have wild parties or get drunk. There should be no sexual sins of any kind, no fighting or jealousy. ¹⁴But clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ and forget about satisfying your sinful self.

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Footnotes

n“You … things.” Quotation from Exodus 20:13–15, 17.
n“Love … yourself.” Quotation from Leviticus 19:18.
n“night” This is used as a symbol of the sinful world we live in. This world will soon end.
n“day” This is used as a symbol of the good time that is coming, when we will be with God.