Galatians 5:14

For the whole law has been fulfilled in one word, in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbor with divine love as thyself.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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 were called unto liberty, brethren; only use not the liberty unto an occasion to the flesh, but through divine love serve one another.

15But if you bite and devour one another, take heed that you may not be consumed one of another.

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Cross References

Matthew 19:18He says to Him, What? And Jesus said to him, Thou shalt not murder, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt hot steal, thou shalt not bear false witness,

Mark 12:31And the second is like unto it; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these.

Luke 10:27And he responding said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with divine love from all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself.

Romans 13:8Owe no man anything, but to love one another with divine love: for the one loving another with divine love has fulfilled the law.

1 Timothy 1:5but the end of the commandment is divine love out of a clean heart and a good conscience and faith free from hypocrisy:

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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