14. all the law--Greek, "the whole law," namely, the Mosaic law.
Love to God is presupposed as the root from which
love to our neighbor springs; and it is in this tense the latter
precept (so "word" means here) is said to be the fulfilling of
"all the law"
(Le 19:18).
Love is "the law of Christ"
(Ga 6:2;
Mt 7:12; 22:39, 40;
Ro 13:9, 10).
is fulfilled--Not as received text "is being fulfilled," but as the
oldest manuscripts read, "has been fulfilled"; and so "receives its full
perfection," as rudimentary teachings are fulfilled by the more perfect
doctrine. The law only united Israelites together: the Gospel unites all
men, and that in relation to God [GROTIUS].
JFB.
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