Galatians 5:14

“For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Galatians 5:14 · direct translation from the Greek

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Forγὰρthe wholeπᾶςlawὁ νόμοςis fulfilledπεπλήρωταιinἐνoneἑνὶword,λόγῳinἐνthis:τῷYou shall loveἈγαπήσειςyour neighborτὸν πλησίον σουasὡςyourself.σεαυτόν

Quotation · Leviticus 19:18

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Paul sums up the whole law in the second half of Leviticus 19:18.

Formula: ἐν ἑνὶ λόγῳ πεπλήρωται ἐν τῷ “is fulfilled in one word, in this” (Galatians 5:14)

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Greek of the New Testament: ὁ γὰρ πᾶς νόμος ἐν ἑνὶ λόγῳ πεπλήρωται ἐν τῷ Ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν

Hebrew (Masoretic text): לֹא תִקֹּם וְלֹא תִטֹּר אֶת בְּנֵי עַמֶּךָ וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹךָ אֲנִי יְהוָה

Septuagint (Leviticus 19:18 in the Septuagint numbering): καὶ οὐκ ἐκδικᾶταί σου ἡ χείρ, καὶ οὐ μηνιεῖς τοῖς υἱοῖς τοῦ λαοῦ σου, καὶ ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν· ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 6 consecutive words: “Ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Galatians 5:14, word by word

lawνόμοςnomos

law

The instructions God gave Israel through Moses; also, the whole of Scripture.

Where else “nomos” appears

is fulfilledπεπλήρωταιpeplērōtai

complete

To carry something through to its end, with nothing lacking.

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oneἑνὶheni

one

The quantity one, or a single one within a group.

Where else “heni” appears

wordλόγῳlogōi

word

What someone says or teaches.

Where else “logōi” appears

You shall loveἈγαπήσειςAgapēseis

love

Love: to seek the good of the other, even of someone who does not deserve it.

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your neighborπλησίονplēsion

neighbor

The other person, whom you must love as yourself.

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yourselfσεαυτόνseauton

yourself

Yourself.

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Translation note

Quoted from Leviticus 19:18, as in Romans 13:9.

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Quotation · Leviticus 19:18

Paul sums up the whole law in the second half of Leviticus 19:18.

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Galatians 5:14

¹⁴For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

Leviticus 19:18

¹⁸You shall not take vengeance, and you shall not bear a grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am YHWH.

The context

13For you were called to freedom, brothers; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve as slaves to one another.

14 · This verse (above)

15But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.

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