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Staten Vertaling

Galaten 5:14

Want de gehele wet wordt in een woord vervuld, namelijk in dit: Gij zult uw naaste liefhebben, gelijk uzelven.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Anarchy;   Golden Rule;   Love;   Neighbor;   Quotations and Allusions;   Thompson Chain Reference - Duty;   Neighbours, Duty to;   Social Life;   The Topic Concordance - Law;   Love;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Law of God, the;   Love to Man;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Freedom;   Law;   Neighbour;   Paul;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Freedom;   Fruit of the Spirit;   Law;   Love;   Neighbor;   Paul the Apostle;   Religion;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Liberty;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Galatians, the Epistle to the;   Law;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Brotherly Love;   Fulfill;   Galatians, Letter to the;   Love;   Neighbor;   Torah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Brotherly Love;   Christianity;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Commandment;   Fulfilment;   Galatians Epistle to the;   Gospels (2);   Law;   Love (2);   Neighbour;   Pharisees (2);   Quotations;   Righteous, Righteousness;   Teaching ;   Word;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Flesh;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Christianity;   Galatians, Epistle to the;   Neighbor;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Brotherly Love;   Golden Rule, the;   Hillel;   Saul of Tarsus;  

Devotionals:

- Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life - Devotion for September 21;   Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for December 10;   Every Day Light - Devotion for November 8;  

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling
Want de ganse wet wordt vervat in dit ene woord: Gij zult uw naaste liefhebben als uzelf.
Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
Want de gehele Wet wordt in n woord vervuld, in dit: "Heb uwen naaste lief als uzelven".

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

all: Matthew 7:12, Matthew 19:18, Matthew 19:19, Matthew 22:39, Matthew 22:40, Romans 13:8-10, James 2:8-11

Thou: Leviticus 19:18, Leviticus 19:34, Mark 12:31, Mark 12:33, Luke 10:27-37, 1 Timothy 1:5

Reciprocal: Judges 8:2 - What Malachi 4:4 - the law Matthew 5:19 - do Matthew 5:43 - Thou Mark 9:50 - have peace Mark 10:19 - commit Luke 6:31 - General John 13:34 - That ye love Romans 2:27 - if it fulfil 1 Corinthians 9:21 - not 1 Corinthians 16:14 - General Galatians 5:13 - but Galatians 6:2 - Bear Ephesians 4:16 - edifying 1 Thessalonians 3:12 - love James 5:9 - Grudge not 1 John 2:7 - but 1 John 4:21 - General 2 John 1:6 - this is love

Gill's Notes on the 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 given to Moses on Mount Sinai, and by him to the people of the Jews; and intends either only the second table of it, since only love to the neighbour is mentioned; or else the whole of it, both tables, since it is said, "all the law"; which by Christ is reduced to two heads, love to God, and love to the neighbour; and though the former is not here expressed, it is implied as a cause in the effect, for the love of God is the cause, and so the evidence of love to the neighbour; nor can there be the one without the other. The two tables of the law consist of עשרת הדברים, "ten words"; as the s Jews commonly call them, and we the decalogue, and yet they are fulfilled in one; that is, they are to be brought into such a compendium, reduced to such an head; or as the apostle in a parallel place says, they may briefly be comprehended in this saying,

Romans 13:9. The Jews make the commandments of the law to be a very large number indeed, but at last reduce them to one, as the apostle here does,

"six hundred and thirteen commandments (they say t) were given to Moses----David came and reduced them to eleven, Psalm xv, Isaiah came and reduced them to six, Isaiah 33:15 Micah came and reduced them to three, Micah 6:8 Isaiah came and reduced them to two, Isaiah 56:1, Amos came and reduced them to one, Amos 5:4 but this being objected to, it is observed that Habakkuk came, וחעמידן על אחת, "and reduced them to one", Habakkuk 2:4 that is faith, as here the apostle reduces them to love:''

even in this, thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: these words are taken out of Leviticus 19:18 and which R. Akiba says u, agreeably with the apostle, whose contemporary he was, is כלל גדול בתורה, "the grand general rule in the law"; or the grand comprehensive of the law: the object of love, the "neighbour", signifies not only, as there the Jews explain it, those of their own people, or proselytes to their religion; but all sorts of men, whether in a natural, civil, or spiritual relation; and whether those that do us good or do us ill, friends or enemies: the measure or rule of love is, "as thyself"; and designs not an equality of affection, but a likeness of effects; that is, to do the same kind acts of love to others, one would choose to have done to ourselves: and this is the fulfilling of the law; that is, so far as a man loves aright, so far he fulfils the law; not that he does it perfectly, for man in his fallen state is unable to do that, for the law is exceeding broad, and reaches to thoughts, desires, and inclinations, as well as to words and deeds; and besides, love said to be the fulfilling of it, is imperfect; hence then there can be no justification by works of charity, nor by any services of men, which at best are imperfect; nor are they done in their own strength, and without the grace of God; nor is there any that can be said to have fulfilled the law perfectly but Christ, and to him must we look for a justifying righteousness. These words contain a reason engaging to love one another, and to do all kind of offices of love to each other; since it is a main and principal thing contained in the law, and to which that may be reduced.

s Exod. xxxiv. 28. Vid. Targum Onk. & Jon. in ib. t T. Bab. Maccot, fol. 23. 2. & 24. 1. Tzeror Hammor, fol. 151. 1. u In Jarchi in Lev. xix. 18.

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 our fellow-men, since that was the point which he particularly enforces. He is saying that this law would counteract all the evil workings of the flesh, and if this were fulfilled, all our duty to others would be discharged. A similar sentiment he has expressed in Romans 13:8-10; see the notes at that passage. The turn here in the discussion is worthy of particular notice. With great skill he changes the subject from a doctrinal argument to a strain of practical remark, and furnishes most important lessons for the right mode of overcoming our corrupt and sensual passions, and discharging our duty to others.

Thou shalt love thy neighbor ... - See this explained in the note at Matthew 19:19.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 14. For all the law — Which respects our duty to our fellows, is fulfilled-is comprehended, in one word: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Matthew 19:19; Matthew 19:19, and "Romans 13:9".


 
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