<p>5:14 <i>For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: You shall love your neighbour as yourself</i>- Mt. 5:17 = Gal. 5:14. Christ fulfilled the Law by His supreme love of His neighbour (us) as Himself, by dying on the cross. That was where and how the Law was fulfilled. Paul is arguing that if we are in Christ, then all that is true of Him is true of us. So there is no need to try to keep the Mosaic Law. The Lord Jesus Himself doesn't keep it- because He fulfilled it. Paul's argument has been that those who believe in salvation by grace are given the Spirit, which has the supreme fruit of love (:22), which in practice makes us serve one another (:13). And by doing so, we fulfil the essence of the Law.&nbsp;</p><p>To love one&rsquo;s neighbour as oneself is to fulfil the law (Gal. 5:14; Rom. 13:10); and yet the Lord&rsquo;s death was the supreme fulfilment of it (Mt. 5:18; Col. 2:14). Here was the definition of love for one&rsquo;s neighbour. Not a passing politeness and occasional seasonal gift, whilst secretly and essentially living the life of self-love and self-care; but the love and the death of the cross, for His neighbours as for Himself. In Him, in His time of dying, we see the definition of love, the fulfilment of the justice and unassuming kindness and thought for others which was taught in the Mosaic Law. And we through bearing one another&rsquo;s burdens, through bearing with their moral and intellectual and spiritual failures, must likewise fulfil the law, in a voluntary laying down of our lives for each other (Gal. 6:2). And in this, as with the Lord, will be our personal salvation.</p><p>The Old Covenant's command to love one's neighbour as oneself&nbsp;was in the context of life in Israel. One's &quot;neighbour&quot; referred to others belonging to the Covenant people; not to those in the 'world' of the surrounding nations. New Testament quotation of this command totally supports this view; under the New Covenant, we must love those <i>within the ecclesia</i> as we love ourselves (Gal. 5:14). 1 Cor. 6:1 (R.V.) speaks of brethren within the ecclesia as &quot;neighbours&rdquo;. Again, this is not in itself proof that we should not give to (e.g.). famine relief. But it surely indicates that we are misguided in thinking that such action is fulfilling this command. However, there is copious evidence within the Law that Israel were to be considerate and concerned for the Gentile world around them.&nbsp; But there is no Biblical evidence that Israel preached a social Gospel to them.</p>