13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh[a] ; rather, serve one another humbly in love.
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For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”[b]
15
If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.
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Leviticus 19:18; S Matthew 5:43; Galatians 6:2; Matthew 22:39
Footnotes 2
[a].
In contexts like this, the Greek word for "flesh" ("sarx" ) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verses 16, 17, 19 and 24; and in 6:8.