Galatians 5:14
Other Translations of Galatians 5:14
King James Version
14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
English Standard Version
14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
The Message
14 For everything we know about God's Word is summed up in a single sentence: Love others as you love yourself. That's an act of true freedom.
New King James Version
14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
New Living Translation
14 For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Galatians 5:14
Commentary on Galatians 5:13-15
(Read Galatians 5:13-15)
The gospel is a doctrine according to godliness, 1 Timothy 6:3, and is so far from giving the least countenance to sin, that it lays us under the strongest obligation to avoid and subdue it. The apostle urges that all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. If Christians, who should help one another, and rejoice one another, quarrel, what can be expected but that the God of love should deny his grace, that the Spirit of love should depart, and the evil spirit, who seeks their destruction, should prevail? Happy would it be, if Christians, instead of biting and devouring one another on account of different opinions, would set themselves against sin in themselves, and in the places where they live.