The Second Great Commandment
In the previous example (Romans 2:13-16), the numbers Numerics Gematria assured us the law still holds. But which law? Jesus summarized it in Matthew 22:37-391. Exodus 34:6-7's features reinforces the idea that loving God is first priority. Here is the second law with numeric features similar to the proclamation.
For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants of one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself. (Galatians 5:13-14)2
Υμεις γαρ επ ελευθερια εκληθητε αδελφοι μονον μη την ελευθεριαν εις αφορμην τη σαρκι αλλα δια της αγαπης δουλευετε αλληλοις ο γαρ πας νομος εν ενι λογω πεπληρωται εν τω Αγαπησεις τον πλησιον σου ως σεαυτον (Galatians 5:13-14 GNT)3
In the Greek, the last two words (in red) of verse 14 have been dropped.
1 2 3 4 334 84 75 333 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 200-30- 5- 9- 90 3- 1-80 5- 70 5- 20- 5- 200-8- 5- 80- 9- 1 You for upon freedom 5 6 162 399 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 5- 10- 20- 7- 8- 7- 100- 5 1- 4- 5- 20- 300- 60- 9 you were called brothers 7 8 9 10 230 37 147 373 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 30-60-40-60-40 30-7 100-7- 40 5- 20-5- 200-8- 5- 80-9- 1- 40 only not the freedom 11 12 13 14 104 518 107 190 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 5- 9- 90 1- 300- 60- 80- 30- 7- 40 100- 7 90- 1- 80- 10-9 into on rush from to the flesh, 15 16 17 18 42 14 197 172 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 1- 20- 20- 1 4- 9- 1 100- 7- 90 1- 3- 1- 70- 7- 90 but through the love 19 20 599 227 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 4- 60- 200- 20- 5- 200- 5- 100- 5 1- 20- 20- 7- 20- 60- 9- 90 be you slaving to one another; 21 22 23 24 25 60 84 161 280 45 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 60 3- 1- 80 70- 1- 90 40- 60- 30- 60- 90 5- 40 the for all Law in 26 27 28 54 683 962 119 120 21 122 123 24 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 5- 40- 9 20- 60- 3- 600 70- 5- 70- 20- 7- 80- 600-100-1- 9 one word has been fulfilled 29 30 31 45 700 276 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 5- 40 100- 600 1- 3- 1- 70- 7- 90- 5- 9- 90 in the You will love 32 33 34 200 296 350 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 100- 60- 40 70- 20- 7- 90- 9- 60- 40 90- 60- 200 the neighbor of you4
The original text is that you should love your neighbour as yourself. For the numbers Numerics Gematria to work, the last two words have to be dropped. This changes the text to you should love your neighbour. Period. The condition of as yourself
is no longer present. This actually widens and deepens the command.
Some might say it is only reasonable to love someone as you would love yourself. After all, treating someone as you would treat yourself starts first with knowledge of how you treat yourself. And it would seem unreasonable to ask someone to treat another person in a way he or she is completely unfamiliar.
At the same time, some people actually don't treat themselves very well. Some people might not really love themselves.
We all know of some people who are very hard on themselves. If they took this standard and applied it to someone else, would that be appropriate?
By taking as yourself
out of the phrase the question arises as to what?
In this case it is clear whose standards should apply: God’s.
Numeric Features
Primary Features
(Derived from Revelation 1:8 and grouped for easy reference.)
A.1Numeric total: 8540 = 2 x 2 x 5 x 7 x 61. (See feature 2.1.)
A.5Number of letters: 161 = 7 x 23. (See feature 2.2.)
B.3Every other word (odd): 3563 = 7 x 509. (See feature 3.1.)
B.3.2Every other word (even): 4977 = 3 x 3 x 7 x 79. (See feature 3.2.)
B.4Every other letter (odd): 4956 = 2 x 2 x 3 x 7 x 59. (See feature 5.1.)
B.4.2Every other letter (even): 3584 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 7. (See feature 5.2.)
C.2.3First and last letter of each verse: 260 = 2 x 2 x 5 x 13. (See feature 1.)
C.3.2First and last letter of each word: 4123 = 7 x 19 x 31. (See feature 7.3.)
D.3.3First letter of each word: 1330 = 2 x 5 x 7 x 19. (See feature 7.1.)
E.3.3Last letter of each word: 2793 = 3 x 7 x 7 x 19. (See feature 7.2.)
Verse Features
1.First letter of each verse: 260 = 2 x 2 x 5 x 13.
Words And Letters
2.1Numeric total: 8540 = 2 x 2 x 5 x 7 x 61. SF: 77 = 7 x 11.
2.2Number of letters: 161 = 7 x 23. Factor 23 is very appropriate since this is a law concerning people dealing with people. Factor 7 indicates this is what God wants, and that love fulfills the law.
334 75 162 230 147 104 107 42 197 599 60 161 45 683 45 276 296
Word total: 3563 = 7 x 509.
84 333 399 37 373 518 190 14 172 227 84 280 54 962 700 200 350
Word total: 4977 = 3 x 3 x 7 x 79.
4.1Words with an odd number of letters.
a) Word position b) Word sum. a) 1 2 4 6 7 9 11 12 14 16 17 19 21 22 23 24 b) 334 84 333 399 230 147 104 518 190 14 197 599 60 84 161 280 a) 26 31 32 33 34 b) 54 276 200 296 350
Position total: 364 = 2 x 2 x 7 x 13. (No feature in the word total.)
4.2Words with an even number of letters.
a) Word position b) Word sum. a) 3 5 8 10 13 15 18 20 25 27 28 29 30 b) 75 162 37 373 107 42 172 227 45 683 962 45 700
Position total: 231 = 3 x 7 x 11. SF: 21 = 3 x 7. Word total: 3630 = 2 x 3 x 5 x 11 x 11. (Although not divisible by 7 or 13, there are two factors of eleven which are reminiscent of the same one God who is Alpha and Omega, and Beginning and End.)
200 5 90 1 5 5 5 8 80 1 10 7 7 5 4 20 60 30 40 40 7 7 5 5 8 80 1 5 90 300 80 7 100 90 80 9 20 1 9 100 90 3 70 90 60 20 200 100 1 20 20 9 60 1 70 90 60 60 5 5 9 60 600 5 20 80 100 9 40 600 3 70 90 9 100 40 20 90 60 90 200
Total: 4956 = 2 x 2 x 3 x 7 x 59.
30 9 3 80 70 20 200 5 9 5 20 8 100 1 5 300 9 60 60 30 100 40 20 200 5 9 40 9 1 60 30 40 7 1 10 1 20 4 1 7 1 1 7 4 200 5 5 5 20 7 60 90 3 80 1 40 30 90 40 40 20 3 70 70 7 600 1 5 100 1 1 7 5 90 60 70 7 9 40 60
Total: 3584 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 7.
6.Even valued letters:
a) Letter position. b) Letter value. a) 1 2 5 8 10 12 14 15 17 21 22 24 26 29 31 32 33 b) 200 30 90 80 70 20 200 8 80 10 20 8 100 4 20 300 60 a) 35 36 37 38 39 40 42 44 46 48 49 51 54 57 59 60 b) 30 60 40 60 40 30 100 40 20 200 8 80 40 90 300 60 a) 61 62 64 65 67 69 70 73 74 76 79 81 85 87 88 89 b) 80 30 40 100 90 80 10 20 20 4 100 90 70 90 4 60 a) 90 91 93 95 98 99 101 102 104 105 108 109 111 112 b) 200 20 200 100 20 20 20 60 90 60 80 70 90 40 a) 113 114 115 116 118 120 122 123 125 126 128 129 131 b) 60 30 60 90 40 40 20 60 600 70 70 20 80 a) 132 133 137 138 139 143 145 148 149 150 151 152 153 b) 600 100 40 100 600 70 90 90 100 60 40 70 20 a) 155 157 158 159 160 161 b) 90 60 40 90 60 200
Total of even valued letters: 8216 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 13 x 79. SF: 98 = 2 x 7 x 7. (Too bad there is no corresponding feature with the odd valued letters.)
a) Letter position. b) Letter value. a) 1 6 9 11 20 28 35 40 42 45 55 58 65 67 72 76 79 b) 200 3 5 5 5 1 30 30 100 5 5 1 100 90 1 4 100 a) 82 88 97 105 106 109 112 117 119 122 126 136 138 140 b) 1 4 1 60 3 70 40 5 5 20 70 5 100 1 a) 149 152 159 b) 100 70 90
Total: 1330 = 2 x 5 x 7 x 19.
a) Letter position. b) Letter value. a) 5 8 10 19 27 34 39 41 44 54 57 64 66 71 75 78 81 b) 90 80 70 1 5 9 40 7 40 40 90 40 7 9 1 1 90 a) 87 96 104 105 108 111 116 118 121 125 135 137 139 b) 90 5 90 60 80 90 90 40 9 600 9 40 600 a) 148 151 158 161 b) 90 40 40 200
Total: 2793 = 3 x 7 x 7 x 19.
7.3First and last letter of each word together: 4123 = 7 x 19 x 31.
7.4Letters that are not first OR last:
a) Letter position. b) Letter value. a) 2 3 4 7 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 21 22 23 24 25 26 b) 30 5 9 1 20 5 200 8 5 80 9 10 20 7 8 7 100 a) 29 30 31 32 33 36 37 38 43 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 b) 4 5 20 300 60 60 40 60 7 20 5 200 8 5 80 9 a) 53 56 59 60 61 62 63 68 69 70 73 74 77 80 83 84 b) 1 9 300 60 80 30 7 1 80 10 20 20 9 7 3 1 a) 85 86 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 98 99 100 101 102 103 b) 70 7 60 200 20 5 200 5 100 20 20 7 20 60 9 a) 107 110 113 114 115 120 123 124 127 128 129 130 131 b) 1 1 60 30 60 40 60 3 5 70 20 7 80 a) 132 133 134 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 150 153 154 b) 600 100 1 3 1 70 7 90 5 9 60 20 7 a) 155 156 157 160 b) 90 9 60 60
Once again this is not divisible by 7 or 13, but once more there are two factors of eleven: 4477 = 11 x 11 x 37.
8.1Word sum of letter's first appearance:
84 84 399 334 162 333 334 162 333 334 230 399 75 84 334 162 334 399 683
Total: 5259 (no feature).
Word sum of letter's last appearance:
276 276 599 276 296 373 296 190 296 280 296 350 296 962 350 200 350 518 700
Total: 7180 (no feature).
First & last together: 12439 = 7 x 1777.
8.2Position of letter's first appearance:
7 6 29 3 23 15 4 21 12 2 37 33 10 8 5 26 1 32 125
Total: 399 = 3 x 7 x 19. (No matching feature with the letter's last appearance.)
8.3List of even valued letters that appeared in the text:
4 8 10 20 30 40 60 70 80 90 100 200 300 600
Total: 1612 = 2 x 2 x 13 x 31. (No corresponding feature with the list of odd valued letters.)
9.List the positions of the words where each letter appeared and add up the word positions. Separate the list by odd and even word position totals.
Odd word position totals.
A B C
1 2 4 6 10 12 14 15 15 16 18 18 20 22 23 28 31 31 285
4 6 16 19 41
5 1 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 10 10 10 11 19 19 19 25 26 28 29 31 269
7 5 5 8 9 12 13 17 18 20 28 31 33 199
10 5 14 19
90 1 11 14 17 18 20 23 24 31 31 33 34 257
100 5 9 13 17 19 28 30 32 153
200 1 4 10 19 19 34 87
600 27 28 30 85
Even word position totals.
3 2 18 22 27 31 100
9 1 4 6 10 11 14 16 20 26 28 31 33 200
20 4 5 6 10 15 15 19 20 20 20 27 28 33 222
30 1 7 8 12 24 52
40 7 7 9 10 12 24 25 26 29 32 33 214
60 6 7 7 12 19 20 21 24 24 27 32 33 34 266
70 3 18 23 28 28 31 33 164
80 2 4 10 12 14 22 28 92
300 6 12 18
A: letter B: positions of words where letter appeared
C: word position total
9.1From the list of odd word position totals.
9.1.1Total of all word positions: 1414 = 2 x 7 x 101.
9.1.2Total of all their word sums: 27223 = 7 x 3889.
9.1.3Total of the letter positions: 6699 = 3 x 7 x 11 x 29.
9.2From the list of even word position totals:
Total of all letter positions: 6342 = 2 x 3 x 7 x 151.
9.2This time separate the list according to whether a letter appeared an odd or even number of times.
Letter appeared an odd number of times.
A B C
1 2 4 6 10 12 14 15 15 16 18 18 20 22 23 28 31 31 285
3 2 18 22 27 31 100
4 6 16 19 41
8 4 5 10 19
20 4 5 6 10 15 15 19 20 20 20 27 28 33 222
30 1 7 8 12 24 52
40 7 7 9 10 12 24 25 26 29 32 33 214
60 6 7 7 12 19 20 21 24 24 27 32 33 34 266
70 3 18 23 28 28 31 33 164
80 2 4 10 12 14 22 28 92
600 27 28 30 85
Letter appeared an even number of times.
5 1 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 10 10 10 11 19 19 19 25 26 28 29 31 269
7 5 5 8 9 12 13 17 18 20 28 31 33 199
9 1 4 6 10 11 14 16 20 26 28 31 33 200
10 5 14 19
90 1 11 14 17 18 20 23 24 31 31 33 34 257
100 5 9 13 17 19 28 30 32 153
200 1 4 10 19 19 34 87
300 6 12 18
A: letter B: positions of words where letter appeared.
C: word position total
9.2.1From the odd list, the total of all word positions: 1540 = 2 x 2 x 5 x 7 x 11.
9.2.2Total of all letter positions: 7308 = 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 7 x 29.
9.2.3From the even list, the total of the letters: 721 = 7 x 103.
9.2.4Total of all letter positions: 5733 = 3 x 3 x 7 x 7 x 13.
Conclusion
In the previous study, Romans 2:13-16 was about the necessity to fulfill the law, whether one had the law or not. It was a general principle. There weren't many features, and they were inconsistent. There are more features in Galatians 5:13-14, and they are more consistent. Why? Because this verse is not just a general principle. It is specific. The numbers Numerics Gematria emphasize the importance of the second great commandment.
Notes
- Unfortunately, Matthew 22:37-39 has very few numeric features (both GNT and GNS). Perhaps that is why numeric features show up here in Galatians 5:13-14.
- English reference quotes are from the Revised Standard Version, Thomas Nelson Inc., 1972.
- The Hebrew or Greek text is from Bibleworks 3.0 by Hermeneutika, Michael S. Bushell, 1995, translated into HTML entities. Vowel marks and punctuation from the Hebrew have been removed. Greek accent marks and punctuation have also been removed.
- The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures, by New World Bible Translation Committee, Watchtower Bible & Tract Society of New York, Inc., 1969 (This is not to advocate for the Jehovah's Witnesses or to support them. It is listed because the book was a Greek-English interlinear easily obtainable at a time of limited means and when interlinear books were expensive and difficult to find.)