Owe no man anything have you heard this verse used as a basis for teaching Christians to get out of debt? That is a good thing to do, but the real meaning of the verse is that you should love one another. Do you owe a debt of love? You are able to love because I first loved you. While you were yet a sinner I reached out to you and laid down my life for you. Does it trouble you to think that you have acquired a debt of love that you can never repay? There is no reason at all to think of a life of love in a negative sense. I did it for the joy set before me. Freely you have received, freely give.
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