13 For you were called(A) to be free, brothers and sisters; only don’t use this freedom as an opportunity[a] for the flesh, but serve one another through love. 14 For the whole law is fulfilled(B) in one statement: Love your neighbor as yourself.[b](C) 15 But if you bite and devour(D) one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.

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  1. 5:13 Lit a pretext; a military term for abuse of position
  2. 5:14 Lv 19:18

13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not let your freedom become an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one statement, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”[a] 15 But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.

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  1. Galatians 5:14 A quotation from Lev 19:18