But the goal of this command is love from a pure heart, a good conscience, and sincere faith,
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 5. The end of the commandment. By the precept many understand, as it were by way of a parenthesis, all that is here contained from the 3rd to the 18th verse, where precept is again repeated. We may understand by the commandment, the law of Moses in general, comprehending both the ceremonial part and the moral precepts, which are also the law of nature. The ceremonial part was designed to bring us to Christ by types and figures; and the moral precepts, which were also of the law of nature, or natural reason, were to bring men to observe them by punishments, and so were delivered against wicked criminals, ungodly, who worshipped [5] not God; against the unjust, [6] (in the Greek, lawless men) Sodomites, and so forth Witham.