Galatians 5:14
New Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."
Word-by-Word Analysis
תּוֹרָה
tôwrâh
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
מָלֵא
mâlêʼ
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
אָהַב
ʼâhab
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
Key Terms in This Verse
מָלֵא mâlêʼ
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
Study H4390 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →Cross References
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and s...
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