Love Is the Fulfilling of the Law You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was brought to completion by the works. (James 2:22) Love is the fulfilling of the law. (Romans 13:10) Faith and love should be distinguished in this way: faith is concerned with the person and love with the works. I say this so that the nature and meaning of faith, love, and the law may be rightly grasped, and that to each is ascribed what properly belongs to it. Faith justifies but it does not