“For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one [point], he is guilty of all. For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. So, speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty” (James 2:10–12).
The Law of God is the reflection of His lovely, just, and perfect character. Since God is love, His moral law of the Ten Commandments is based on perfect love. This is its fundamental principle.