5:14 the whole law. Paul’s letter to the Galatians does not nullify the law. Christ fulfilled the law; He did not abolish it (Matt. 5:17). Certain provisions of the law such as its dietary requirements are no longer applicable in the new covenant, but the ethical commands of the law remain as declarations of God’s will for Christian behavior (Rom. 8:2–8; 13:8–10).

love. See Rom. 13:10; 1 Cor. 13; cf. Matt. 19:19.