Galatians 5:14 (YLT)

Passage

for all the law in one word is fulfilled--in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'

Nearby Context

Galatians 5:12 O that even they would cut themselves off who are unsettling you!

Galatians 5:13 For ye--to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another,

Galatians 5:14 for all the law in one word is fulfilled--in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'

Galatians 5:15 and if one another ye do bite and devour, see--that ye may not by one another be consumed.

Galatians 5:16 And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "word", "fulfilled--in", "thou", "shalt", "love", "neighbour", and "thyself". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "word" and "fulfilled--in", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "For ye--to freedom ye were called brethren..." into verse 15's "and if one another ye do bite...", so "word" and "fulfilled--in" belong inside that flow. In Galatians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "word" and "fulfilled--in" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.