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Galatians 5:14

For the entire law is fulfilled by one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

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In The King James Version

For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

In Context

13For you, brothers, have been called to liberty. Only you must not make liberty into an occasion for the flesh, but instead, serve one another through the charity of the Spirit.

15But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you are not consumed by one another!

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:34but let him be among you like one native born. And you shall love him as yourselves. For you were also newcomers in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

Matthew 19:18He said to him, “Which?” And Jesus said: “You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not give false testimony.

Mark 12:31But the second is similar to it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

Luke 10:27In response, he said: “You shall love the Lord your God from your whole heart, and from your whole soul, and from all your strength, and from all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”

Romans 13:8You should owe nothing to anyone, except so as to love one another. For whoever loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

1 Timothy 1:5Now the goal of instruction is charity from a pure heart, and a good conscience, and an unfeigned faith.

Matthew Henry on Galatians 5:14-26

Practical Godliness Enforced; Works of the Flesh and of the Spirit; The Fruits of the Spirit. ( a. d. 56.) 13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. 16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the… Read the whole commentary →

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