Galatians 5:14
12 As for those who are agitating you, I wish they would proceed to emasculate themselves!
13 For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
15 But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.
16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
- KJV
- For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
- WEB
- For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
- ASV
- For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
- DARBY
- For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;
- BLB
- For all the law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
- ÅB
- For hele loven er oppfylt i ett bud, i dette: Du skal elske din neste som deg selv.
- OTB
- For hele loven er oppfylt i ett bud: "Elsk din neste som deg selv."
- B1930
- For hele loven er opfylt i ett bud, i dette: Du skal elske din næste som dig selv.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 7:12
In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.
Read in contextLeviticus 19:18
Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
Read in contextGalatians 6:2
Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
Read in contextRomans 13:8–10
Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Read in contextJohn 13:34
A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
Read in contextMark 12:31
The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”
Read in contextMatthew 22:39–40
And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
Read in contextLeviticus 19:34
You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
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