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Paul stressed that ‘the whole law is fulfilled in the word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself”’ (Gal 5:14). Significantly, not just a ‘moral’ subset of the law but all the law—every commandment—is fulfilled in the call to love [Matt 7:12; 22:37-40; Rom 13:8-10] . . . In both the old and new covenants, love is what God’s people are to do. All other commandments simply clarify how to do it.