[13] For you were called for freedom, brothers. But do not use this freedom as an opportunity for the flesh; rather, serve one another through love. [14] For the whole law is fulfilled in one statement, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." [15] But if you go on biting and devouring one another, beware that you are not consumed by one another.
(CCC 1748) "For freedom Christ has set us free" (Gal 5:1). (CCC 1822 Charity is the theological virtue by which we love God above all things for his own sake, and our neighbor as ourselves for the love of God. (CCC 1823) Jesus makes charity the new commandment (Cf. Jn 13:34). By loving his own "to the end" (Jn 13:1) he makes manifest the Father's love which he receives. By loving one another, the disciples imitate the love of Jesus which they themselves receive. Whence Jesus says: "As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love." and again: "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you" (Jn 15:9, 12). (CCC 1824) Fruit of the Spirit and fullness of the Law, charity keeps the commandments of God and his Christ: "Abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love" (Jn 15:9-10; cf. Mt 22:40; Rom 13:8-10).
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