Editing Epistle to the Galatians (section)

=== Law of Christ ===
Much debate surrounds what Paul means by "law of Christ" in Galatians 6:2, a phrase that occurs only once in all of Paul's letters.<ref name= "Unwritten">{{Cite journal|last= Murphy-O'Connor|first=Jerome |authorlink=Jerome Murphy-O'Connor|date= April 2, 2012|title= The Unwritten Law of Christ (Gal 6:2) |journal=Revue Biblique|volume=119|page = 213}}</ref> As Schreiner explains, some scholars think that the "law of Christ" is the sum of Jesus's words, functioning as a "new Torah for believers".{{Sfn | Schreiner | 2010 |p = 359}} Others argue that the "genitive in the 'law of Christ' 'should be understood as explanatory, i.e. the law which is Christ{{'"}}.<ref name="Unwritten" /> Some focus on the relationship between the law of Christ and the Old Testament Decalogue.<ref>{{Cite journal|last= Meilaender|first=Gilbert|authorlink=Gilbert Meilaender|title=The Decalogue as the Law of Christ |journal= Pro Ecclesia|volume=27|issue=3|pages= 338–49|doi=10.1177/106385121802700312|year=2018|s2cid=171508461}}</ref> Still other scholars argue that whereas the "Mosaic law is abolished", the new "law of Christ fits with the Zion Torah", which "hails from Zion&nbsp;... and is eschatological".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gese|first=Hartmut|title= Essays on Biblical Theology|publisher= Augsburg |year=1981|location=Minneapolis |page =360}}</ref> Schreiner himself believes that the law of Christ is equivalent to Galatians 5:13–14's "law of love".{{Sfn | Schreiner | 2010 | p = 360}}  According to Schreiner, when believers love others, "they behave as Christ did and fulfill his law".{{Sfn | Schreiner | 2010 | p = 360}}