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.
For this (commandment), Thou shalt not commit adultery, (and this) Thou shalt not kill, (and this) Thou shalt not steal, (and this) [Thou shalt not bear false witness]. This clause-to complete the supposed intention of the apostle to quote the four last precepts of the Decalogue-has but slight external support [but one uncial-'Aleph (') - ; numerous cursives; the printed Vulgate, but not the best manuscripts of it; the Philox. Syriac and Memphitic versions: on the other hand, it is wanting in A B (C is defective here) D E F G (K is defective here) L; several cursives; the Old Latin and best copies of the Vulgate, the Peshito Syriac, and the Hebrew versions, with several Greek fathers. As to internal evidence, it was much more likely to be added to the genuine text than to be lost out of it], (and this)
Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment - which is equivalent to saying. 'And whatever other commandment there is;' for the apostle did not mean to express any doubt of there being other commandments, but to excuse himself from quoting anymore, for the reason about to be given.
It is briefly comprehended ('it is headed up') in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. The apostle here confines himself to the second table of the law, because it is relative duties he is treating of.