For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Ver. 9. Briefly comprehended] Capitulated, fulfilled, saith the Syriac, summed up, ανακεφαλαιουται. St Bartholomew is quoted by Dionysius to have said of divinity, Και πολλην και ελαχιστην, Et magnum esse et minimam, that it was large and yet little, as containing much matter in few words.