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Owe no one anything
"Pay all you owe to the government and everybody else." Paul is writing to the believers. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you)
except
New sentence: “Loving other Christians is the one debt that you may continue to owe.” (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis)
For, "You will not…"
Paul will now show how love fulfills the Law of God.
You will
All occurrences of "you" in 13:9 are singular, but the speaker was addressing a group of people as if they were one person, so you may need to use plural forms here. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you)
covet
to desire to have or possess something which a person does not have and is kept from having or possessing
Love does not harm
This phrase portrays love as a person who is being kind to other people. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification) Alternate translation: "People who love their neighbors do not harm them." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
Therefore
"Because love does not harm one's neighbor"