“For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”Leviticus 19:18”
— WEB
Galatians 5:14
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“For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”
— KJV
“For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.”
— ASV
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Commentary
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" (Lev 19:18). Love is "the law of Christ" (Gal 6:2; Mat 7:12; Mat 22:39-40; Rom 13:9-10). is fulfilled--Not as received text "is being fulfilled," but as the oldest manuscripts read, "has been fulfilled"; and so "receives its full perfection," as rudimentary teachings are fulfilled by the more perfect doctrine. The law only united Israelites together: the Gospel unites all men, and that in relation to God [GROTIUS].
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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