Galatians 5:14
12 I would they were even cut off which trouble you.
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.
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 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
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Read in contextLeviticus 19:18
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
Read in contextGalatians 6:2
Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Read in contextRomans 13:8–10
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Read in contextJohn 13:34
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Read in contextMark 12:31
And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
Read in contextMatthew 22:39–40
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Read in contextLeviticus 19:34
But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
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