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Galatians 5:14 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” "
Galatians 5:14
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
12 I wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off.
13 For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.
14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
15 But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don’t consume one another.
16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.
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Galatians 5:1
"Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage."
Galatians 5:2
"Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing."
Galatians 5:3
"Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision that he is a debtor to do the whole law."
Galatians 5:4
"You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace."
Galatians 5:5
"For we through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness."
Galatians 5:6
"For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision amounts to anything, but faith working through love."
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