For the entire law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” But if you bite and devour one another, take heed that you are not consumed by one another. Galatians 5:14-15
Having been set free from bondage under the law, we love God and our neighbor and willingly serve them. St. Paul wrote to the Romans: “Love works no evil to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law” (Rom. 13:10). If we love our neighbor as we love ourselves, we will do no evil to our neighbor. The same is also true in our attitude toward God. If we love Him, we will have no other gods, we will honor and glorify His name, and we will gladly hear and learn His Word.
O gracious and merciful God, You have freed me from the curse and condemnation of the law in Christ Jesus. Grant that I, in return, truly love You and my neighbor and gladly and willingly obey Your commandments. Amen.
[Scripture is quoted from The Holy Bible, Modern English Version. Copyright © 2014 by Military Bible Association. Published and distributed by Charisma House.]