--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: You can't go wrong when you love others…" description: "\"You can't go wrong when you love others. When you add up everything in the law code, the sum total is love.\" — Romans 13:10" image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5de/romans-13-10-274214_bible_you-can-t-go-wrong-when-you-love-others_2773038.jpg" --- # You can't go wrong when you love others. When you add up… ![“You can't go wrong when you love others. When you add up everything in the law code, the sum total is love.” quote by Romans 13:10](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5de/romans-13-10-274214_bible_you-can-t-go-wrong-when-you-love-others_2773038.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5de/romans-13-10-274214_bible_you-can-t-go-wrong-when-you-love-others_2773038.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5de/romans-13-10-274214_bible_you-can-t-go-wrong-when-you-love-others_2773038.jpg) > “You can't go wrong when you love others. When you add up everything in the law code, the sum total is love.” Romans 13:10 ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Love is the ultimate law; when you love others, you fulfill all moral obligations. **In simple terms:** Love fulfills every law. Key Takeaway Live in love to obey the law. Themes love law ethics relationships community Mood inspirational compassionate Type religious philosophical When to use this quote - family life - friendship - social service Key Concepts universal love moral law interpersonal duty Questions to Reflect On - How does love influence your daily decisions? - Can love replace formal law? A Different Perspective Love alone may not resolve complex legal issues. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Bible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bible/) [Inspirational](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational/) [Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/) [Love others](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love-others/) [Programming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/programming/) [Sum total](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sum-total/) ## Related quotes > [Do you know how you make someone into a Dalek? Subtract Love, add Anger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-moffat/do-you-know-how-you-make-someone-into-a-dalek-subtract-love-add-anger/) [Steven Moffat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-moffat/) > [Make you life a math,,add the joys,,the sorrows diminish,,multiply love and add it to me](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danieltembo/make-you-life-a-math-add-the-joys-the-sorrows-diminish-multiply-love/) [Danieltembo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danieltembo/) > [Indeed, the more we find to love, the more we add to the measure of our hearts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lloyd-alexander/indeed-the-more-we-find-to-love-the-more-we-add-to-the-measure-of-our/) [Lloyd Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lloyd-alexander/) > [The key to love is to add to another life without subtracting from ones own](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-key-to-love-is-to-add-to-another-life-without-subtracting-from/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [He had total love in his eyes when he performed. He was the total androgenous beauty. I would practice Elvis in front of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-d-lang/he-had-total-love-in-his-eyes-when-he-performed-he-was-the-total/) [K. D. Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-d-lang/) > [The aim of every human being is to understand the meaning of total love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/the-aim-of-every-human-being-is-to-understand-the-meaning-of-total/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [“Agape is total love. It is the love that consumes the person who experiences it. Whoever knows and experiences agape learns that nothing else…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paolo-coelho/agape-is-total-love-it-is-the-love-that-consumes-the-person-who/) [Paolo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paolo-coelho/) > [As an only child, I never felt insecure and always had total love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-scott/as-an-only-child-i-never-felt-insecure-and-always-had-total-love/) [Willard Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willard-scott/) > [“He should know that the great aim of every human being is to understand the meaning of total love. Love is not to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/he-should-know-that-the-great-aim-of-every-human-being-is-to/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [I am convinced, that when a man tells a woman he loves her, he only means that he desires her; and that the only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/enzo-ferrari/i-am-convinced-that-when-a-man-tells-a-woman-he-loves-her-he-only/) [Enzo Ferrari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/enzo-ferrari/) > [“I am beginning to experience that an unconditional, total love of God makes a very articulate, alert, and attentive love for the neighbor possible.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-j-m-nouwen/i-am-beginning-to-experience-that-an-unconditional-total-love-of-god/) [Henri J.M. Nouwen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-j-m-nouwen/) > [“the great aim of every human being is to understand the meaning of total love. Love is not to be found in someone else,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/the-great-aim-of-every-human-being-is-to-understand-the-meaning-of/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [Each of us, individually and nationally, must choose: total love or total war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-dellinger/each-of-us-individually-and-nationally-must-choose-total-love-or/) [David Dellinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-dellinger/) > [We are the sum total of the decisions we have made.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-are-the-sum-total-of-the-decisions-we-have-made/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [I am the sum total of everything that I have experienced musically.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-jones/i-am-the-sum-total-of-everything-that-i-have-experienced-musically/) Hank Jones ## More Bible quotes > [I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/i-think-a-new-world-will-arise-out-of-the-religious-mists-when-we/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) > [From Augustine down, theologians have tried to compel people to accept their special interpretation of the Scripture, and the tortures of the inquisition, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matilda-joslyn-gage/from-augustine-down-theologians-have-tried-to-compel-people-to-accept/) [Matilda Joslyn Gage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matilda-joslyn-gage/) > [“God hates Hell. He hates the idea of people going there. He hates it so much that He was willing to take on human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-minton/god-hates-hell-he-hates-the-idea-of-people-going-there-he-hates-it-so/) [Evan Minton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-minton/) > [“The Devil can cite Scripture for his purpose, Sergeant,’ Anthony Payne replied. ‘That is from The Merchant of Venice, but it holds great truth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-arnold/the-devil-can-cite-scripture-for-his-purpose-sergeant-anthony-payne/) Michael Arnold > [When you put your hand on the Bible, you are saying something much stronger than just telling your peers that you're going to tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-greenwood/when-you-put-your-hand-on-the-bible-you-are-saying-something-much/) [Lee Greenwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-greenwood/) > [“Scripture also teaches that human beings are morally responsible creatures”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-peterson/scripture-also-teaches-that-human-beings-are-morally-responsible/) Robert A. Peterson > [“The wife of a junior officer cooped up in a horrible canvas partition in steerage for five months wrote: "I had enjoyed much peace…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-taylor/the-wife-of-a-junior-officer-cooped-up-in-a-horrible-canvas-partition/) Stephen Taylor > [O Word of God incarnate . . . It is the golden casket Where gems of truth are stored; It is the heaven-drawn picture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walsham-how/o-word-of-god-incarnate-it-is-the-golden-casket-where-gems-of-truth/) Walsham How > [How can I trust that the Bible is reliable?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-horton/how-can-i-trust-that-the-bible-is-reliable/) [Michael Horton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-horton/) > [Every plant which my heavenly father has not planted with be uprooted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesus-christ/every-plant-which-my-heavenly-father-has-not-planted-with-be-uprooted/) [Jesus Christ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesus-christ/) > [Where I come from you're not raised to think on your own. It's not that you're pushed to read the Bible. The Bible is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abel-ferrara/where-i-come-from-you-re-not-raised-to-think-on-your-own-it-s-not/) [Abel Ferrara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abel-ferrara/) > [“I felt like praying or something, when I was in bed, but I couldn't do it. I can't always pray when I feel like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/i-felt-like-praying-or-something-when-i-was-in-bed-but-i-couldn-t-do/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) > [What comes to mind when you think of heaven? Heaven is referred to in fifty-four of the Bible's sixty-six books, and the final two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-jeremiah/what-comes-to-mind-when-you-think-of-heaven-heaven-is-referred-to-in/) [David Jeremiah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-jeremiah/) > [“While it is in one sense a result of God’s presence within us, the New Testament also describes a process involved in our “putting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dallas-willard/while-it-is-in-one-sense-a-result-of-god-s-presence-within-us-the-new/) [Dallas Willard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dallas-willard/) > [The definition of a Church is crystal clear in the New Testament. We see the picture of it. They came together the first day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-macarthur/the-definition-of-a-church-is-crystal-clear-in-the-new-testament-we/) [John MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-macarthur/) [Browse all 8,465 Bible quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bible/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You can't go wrong when you love others. When you add up everything in the law code, the sum total is love.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Romans 13:10" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romans-13-10/you-can-t-go-wrong-when-you-love-others-when-you-add-up-everything-in/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Bible" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romans-13-10/you-can-t-go-wrong-when-you-love-others-when-you-add-up-everything-in/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5de/romans-13-10-274214_bible_you-can-t-go-wrong-when-you-love-others_2773038.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5de/romans-13-10-274214_bible_you-can-t-go-wrong-when-you-love-others_2773038.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5de/romans-13-10-274214_bible_you-can-t-go-wrong-when-you-love-others_2773038.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You can't go wrong when you love others. When you add up everything in the law code, the sum total is love.” — Romans 13:10", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Romans 13:10", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romans-13-10/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "You can't go wrong when you...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romans-13-10/you-can-t-go-wrong-when-you-love-others-when-you-add-up-everything-in/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romans-13-10/you-can-t-go-wrong-when-you-love-others-when-you-add-up-everything-in/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```