Galatians 5:14

Galatians 5:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
• New International Version (NIV)For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
• New King James Version (NKJV)For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Context of Galatians 5:14

12I wish those agitators would go so far as to castrate themselves! 13For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment, namely, “You must love your neighbor as yourself.” 15However, if you continually bite and devour one another, beware that you are not consumed by one another. 16But I say, live by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh.

Galatians 5:14 word by word

ὁ γὰρ πᾶς νόμος ἐν ἑνὶ λόγῳ πεπλήρωται, ἐν τῷ ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• the lawνόμοςnomos · lawG3551
• is fulfilledπληρόωplēroō · to fulfillG4137
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• oneεἷςheis · oneG1520
• wordλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
• thisὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Thou shalt loveἀγαπάωagapaō · to loveG25
• thyσύsu · youG4771
• neighbourπλησίονplēsion · near/neighborG4139
• asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• thyselfἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438

Cross-references for Galatians 5:14

• Matthew 7:12In everything, treat others as you would want them to treat you, for this fulfills the law and the prophets.
• Matthew 19:18“Which ones?” he asked. Jesus replied, “Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony,
• Matthew 22:39The second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
• Romans 13:8Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
• James 2:8But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
• Leviticus 19:18You must not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people, but you must love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.
• Mark 12:31The second is: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
• Luke 10:27The expert answered, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and love your neighbor as yourself.”
• 1 Timothy 1:5But the aim of our instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith.

Commentaries on Galatians 5:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14For all the law - Which respects our duty to our fellows, is fulfilled - is comprehended, in one word: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. See the notes on Matthew 19:19, and Romans 13:9; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14For all the law is fulfilled … - That is, this expresses the substance of the whole law; it embraces and comprises all. The apostle of course here alludes to the Law in regard to our duty to our fellow-men, since that was the point which he particularly enforces. He is saying that this law would counteract all the evil workings of the flesh, and if this were fulfilled, all our duty to others would be discharged. A similar sentiment he has expressed in…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-15Verses 13-15 The gospel is a doctrine according to godliness, 1Ti 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: The followers of Jesus fulfill the law by showing love to every neighbor (Leviticus 19:18; see Matthew 7:12; Luke 6:27–36; 10:25–37; John 13:34–35; 15:9–17; Romans 13:8–10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. all the law--Greek, "the whole law," namely, the Mosaic law. Love to God is presupposed as the root from which love to our neighbor springs; and it is in this tense the latter precept (so "word" means here) is said to be the fulfilling of "all the law" (Le 19:18). Love is "the law of Christ" (Ga 6:2; Mt 7:12; 22:39, 40; Ro 13:9, 10). is fulfilled--Not as received text "is being fulfilled," but as the oldest manuscripts read, "has been fulfilled"; and…Read the comment

Topics related to Galatians 5:14

• Anarchy
• Golden Rule
• Love
• Neighbor
• Quotations and Allusions

In the dictionaries

• Affection
• Bite
• Contrary
• Cross
• Crucify
• Debtor
• Flesh
• Gentleness
• Goodness
• Meekness

Commentaries on Galatians 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings