to whom taxes are due, toll to those to whom toll is due,
respect to those to whom respect is due, honour to those to whom
honour is due.
013:008 Owe nothing to any one except mutual love; for he who loves
his fellow man has satisfied the demands of Law.
013:009 For the precepts, "Thou shalt not commit adultery," "Thou shalt
do no murder," "Thou shalt not steal," "Thou shalt not covet,"
and all other precepts, are summed up in this one command,
"Thou shalt love thy fellow man as much as thou lovest thyself."
013:010 Love avoids doing any wrong to one's fellow man, and is therefore
complete obedience to Law.
013:011 Carry out these injunctions because you know the critical
period at which we are living, and that it is now high time,
to rouse yourselves from sleep; for salvation is now nearer
to us than when we first became believers.
013:012 The night is far advanced, and day is about to dawn.
We must therefore lay aside the deeds of darkness, and clothe
ourselves with the armour of Light.
013:013 Living as we do in broad daylight, let us conduct ourselves
becomingly, not indulging in revelry and drunkenness,
nor in lust and debauchery, nor in quarrelling and jealousy.
013:014 On the contrary, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ,
and make no provision for gratifying your earthly cravings.
014:001 I now pass to another subject. Receive as a friend a man
whose faith is weak, but not for the purpose of deciding mere
matters of opinion.
014:002 One man's faith allows him to eat anything, while a man
of weaker faith eats nothing but vegetables.
014:003 Let not him who eats certain food look down upon him who abstains
from it, nor him who abstains from it find fault with him