What kind of love is Paul talking about when he says love fulfills the law?
The love Paul speaks of is not erotic love or Hollywood's idea of love, but a love that seeks the other person's highest good. It fulfills the whole law because it seeks the other's good rather than physical attraction or mere command.
Les teaches that Paul is not talking about erotic love or Hollywood's idea of love. Instead, Paul is talking about a love that seeks the other person's highest good. Les says this is the best definition of love he has come across and suggests writing it in the flyleaf of your Bible. He explains that this love involves nothing of hugging, kissing, or physical attraction; it is simply seeking the other person's highest good. Les illustrates this with young people dating: if a young man kept the young woman's highest good in mind, he would not try to bring her into an immoral state. The same principle applies to a husband and wife or a neighbor with a neighbor. As long as we always attempt to do whatever we do for the other person's highest good, Paul says we are fulfilling the whole law. Les adds that this cannot be done merely on the basis of commanding.
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
More Questions
What does Romans 13 say about love fulfilling the law?
Paul teaches in Romans 13 that whoever loves another has already fulfilled the Law.
How does loving one another fulfill the law?
Under grace, when we have loved another, we have fulfilled the law.
What does Romans 13:8 mean that he who loves another has fulfilled the Law?
Romans 13:8 teaches that the one who loves another has fulfilled the Law—every part of it.
Why has a believer who loves another fulfilled the Law?
The person who loves another has fulfilled the Law because the love of God is operating in that believer.