Galatians 5:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. ”

Galatians 5:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For 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 ou...
Galatians 5:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(13) For (h) all the law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. (13) He sets forth the love of our neighbour, as a mark unto which all Christians ought t...
Galatians 5:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

First safeguard. They are free indeed, and as Christians are done with Law; but love will save them from indulging lower impulses. Love (as Jesus taught, Mark 12:31 and parallels) includes everythi...
Galatians 5:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

fulfilled . Greek. pieroo . App-125. word . Greek. logos . App-121. love . Greek. agapao . App-135. Quoted from Leviticus 19:18 .
Galatians 5:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

14. For all the law. There is a contrast in this verse, though not plainly stated, yet evidently to be understood, between Paul’s exhortation and the doctrine of the false apostles. While the...
Galatians 5:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. For all the law - Which respects our duty to our fellows, is fulfilled - is comprehended, in one wo...
Galatians 5:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. All the law, х ho ( G3588 ) pas ( G3956 ) nomos ( G3551 )] - 'the whole law.' L...
Galatians 5:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Nature of Christian Liberty 1-12. The futility of seeking justification by attempting to comply with the demands of the Mosaic Law; the inconsistency of works and faith as methods of salvation...
Galatians 5:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(13-15) The Judaisers would deserve such a fate; for they are undoing the whole object with which you were called. You were called, not to legal bondage, but to freedom. This caution only is needed...
Galatians 5:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 22 THE PERILS OF LIBERTY. Galatians 5:13-15 OUR analysis has drawn a strong line across the middle of this chapter. At Galatians 5:13 the Apostle turns his mind in the ethical direct...
Galatians 5:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Produce the Fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5:13-26 That Christ has freed us from the Law as a means of salvation does not free us from moral restraint, but brings us under the constraint of a hi...
Galatians 5:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The whole law of liberty is stated in the sentences, "For freedom did Christ set us free," "stand fast therefore," and "be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage." He then refers first to circumci...
Galatians 5:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(6) For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. (7) Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? (8) Thi...
Galatians 5:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For all the law is fulfilled in one word ,.... Not the ceremonial law, to which acts of mercy, kindness, and love are opposed, and from which they are distinguished; but the law of the decalogue giv...
Galatians 5:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Ver. 14. For all the law ] i.e. All the second table. The Scripture often appropriateth the l...
Galatians 5:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ye have been called By the gospel; into liberty From the bondage of the Mosaic ceremonies, as well as of sin and misery: only use not liberty for an occasion of the flesh So as to nourish or gr...
Galatians 5:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

LIBERTY TO BE PRACTICED (vs.1-6) Chapter 4 dealt with the perfect freedom introduced by God Himself through Christ, freedom given to all who have been redeemed by His precious blood, freedom from...
Galatians 5:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Practical Godliness Enforced; Works of the Flesh and of the Spirit; The Fruits of the Spirit. A. D. 56....
Galatians 5:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The whole will of God, containing our duty towards men, is reducible to this one thing, love; for whatsoever God hath commanded us to do towards men, is but a brauch from this root, and must flow...
Galatians 5:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘For you, brothers,were called for freedom. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity (a base of operations) for the flesh to express itself, but through love be servants to one another. For the...
Galatians 5:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Galatians 5:13 . Use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh. —Do not give the flesh the handle or pretext for its indulgence, which it eagerly seeks for. By lov...
Galatians 5:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Galatians 5:1 . Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. «You are not under the law, but under grace. Do not su...
Galatians 5:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Galatians 5:1 . Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, by the redemption he has procured through the shedding of his own most precious blood. The liberty of your c...
Galatians 5:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. The fulfilling of the law I. Love is of perpetual obligation. II. A true response to the obl...
Galatians 5:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Galatians 5:1 Galatians 5:2 Behold, I Paul say unto you (ἴδε, ἐγὼ Παῦλος λώγω ὑμῖν); lo , I Paul say unto you. The adverbial exclamation ἴδε, found in St. Pa...
Galatians 5:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The service of love as opposed to the service of the flesh:
Galatians 5:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 1:5 ; James 2:8-11 ; Leviticus 19:18 ; Leviticus 19:34 ; Luke 10:27-37 ; Mark 12:31 ; Mark 12:33 ; Matthew 19:18 ; Matthew 19:19 ; Matthew 22:39 ; Matthew 22:40 ; Matthew 7:12 ;...
Galatians 5:14 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5:1-24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Much is written about the Holy Spirit in the Word of God. The Epistles of Paul are freighted with many marvelous messages relative t...
Galatians 5:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For all the law is fulfilled in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself — inasmuch as none can do this without loving God, 1 John 4:12 ; and the love of God and man includes all perfection....

Galatians 5:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Galatians 5:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Galatians 5:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 5:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Galatians 5:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 5:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Galatians 5:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Galatians 5:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 5:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Galatians 5:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Galatians 5:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Galatians 5:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Galatians 5:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Galatians 5:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Galatians 5:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Galatians 5:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Galatians 5:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 5:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Galatians 5:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Galatians 5:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 5:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Galatians 5:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Galatians 5:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Galatians 5:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Galatians 5:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Galatians 5:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Galatians 5:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Galatians 5:14 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Galatians 5:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes