8 You are to pay exactly nothing to anyone except the payment of loving one another. Everyone loving another person has also fulfilled the Teachings of Moses. 9 The commandments “do not commit adultery,” “do not murder,” “do not steal,” “do not lust,” along with any other commandment, are definitively summed up in this word: “love your neighbor as you love yourself.” 10 Love does not “work” evil against a neighbor. So it follows that love fulfills all the commands found in the Teachings.
11 And understand this about the particular time we are living in—that the hour to be raised up from your slumber is already here and that our final healing is nearer to us than when we understood it for the first time. 12 The great night is about to end; the daylight is drawing near. So let’s throw away all the deeds that are committed in darkness; let’s strap on armor made of light. 13 Let’s walk forward appropriately, not sunk in substance abuse and endless partying; not trying to screw everything that moves; not fighting and screaming at one another. 14 Clothe yourselves in Jesus, the Messiah, our divine ruler, and refuse to entertain the fantasies that flow from your lustful and corrupt human nature.