For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
Eisegetic. The Law may have kept the small nation of Israel in line for a short while, but this was of no relevance to the rest of humanity - sin reigned from Adam to Moses and it only took one generation for Israel to fall away from the Law.