Galatians 5:14

for all the law in one word is fulfilled — in this: 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'

Young's Literal Translation

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 ye — to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another,

15and if one another ye do bite and devour, see — that ye may not by one another be consumed.

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:34as a native among you is the sojourner to you who is sojourning with you, and thou hast had love to him as to thyself, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt; I [am] Jehovah your God.

Matthew 19:18He saith to him, 'What kind?' And Jesus said, 'Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness,

Mark 12:31and the second [is] like [it], this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; — greater than these there is no other command.'

Luke 10:27And he answering said, 'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of all thy soul, and out of all thy strength, and out of all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.'

Romans 13:8To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other — law he hath fulfilled,

1 Timothy 1:5And the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned,

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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