Galatians 2:4

However, false brothers were secretly brought in. They slipped in to spy on the freedom we have in the Messiah Jesus so that they might enslave us.

2 Corinthians 11:26

I have traveled extensively and have been endangered from rivers, robbers, my own people, and gentiles. I've also been in danger in the city, in the open country, at sea, from false brothers,

Galatians 5:1

The Messiah has set us free so that we may enjoy the benefits of freedom. So keep on standing firm in it, and stop putting yourselves under the yoke of slavery again.

Jude 1:4

For some people have slipped in among you unnoticed. They were written about long ago as being deserving of this condemnation because they are ungodly. They turn the grace of our God into uncontrollable lust and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus the Messiah.

Acts 15:1

Then some men came down from Judea and started to teach the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the Law of Moses, you can't be saved."

Acts 15:24

Greetings. We have heard that some men, coming from us without instructions from us, have said things to trouble you and have unsettled you.

2 Corinthians 11:20

You tolerate anyone who makes you his slaves, devours what you have, takes what is yours, orders you around, or slaps your face!

2 Corinthians 11:13

Such people are false apostles, dishonest workers who are masquerading as apostles of the Messiah.

Galatians 4:3

It was the same way with us. While we were children, we were slaves to the basic principles of the world.

Galatians 4:25

Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery along with her children.

Galatians 5:12-13

I wish that those who are upsetting you would castrate themselves!

Psalm 51:12

Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and let a willing attitude control me.

Psalm 119:45

I will walk in liberty, for I seek your precepts.

Isaiah 51:23

But I will put it into the hands of those who tormented and oppressed you, those who said to you, "Lie down, so we can step over you,' so that you had to make your back like the ground, and like a street for them to walk over."

John 8:31-36

So Jesus told those Jews who had believed in him, "If you continue in my word, you are really my disciples.

Acts 20:30

Indeed, some of your own men will arise and distort the truth in order to lure the disciples into following them.

Romans 8:15

For you have not received a spirit of slavery that leads you into fear again. Instead, you have received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba! Father!"

2 Corinthians 3:17

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Lord's Spirit is, there is freedom.

2 Corinthians 11:17

When I talk as a confident boaster, I am not talking with the Lord's authority but like a fool.

Galatians 3:23-26

Now before faith came about, we were held in custody and confined under the Law in preparation for the faith that was to be revealed.

Galatians 4:9-10

But now that you know God, or rather have been known by God, how can you turn back again to those powerless and bankrupt basic principles? Why do you want to become their slaves all over again?

Galatians 5:10

I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view of this. However, the one who is troubling you will suffer God's judgment, whoever he is.

2 Timothy 3:6

For some of these men go into homes and deceive foolish women who are burdened with sins and swayed by all kinds of desires.

1 Peter 2:16

Live like free people, and do not use your freedom as an excuse for doing evil. Instead, be God's servants.

2 Peter 2:1-2

Now there were false prophets among the people, just as there also will be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies and even deny the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction on themselves.

2 Peter 2:19

Promising them freedom, they themselves are slaves to depravity, for a person is a slave to whatever conquers him.

1 John 4:1

Dear friends, stop believing every spirit. Instead, test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

General references

Bible References

Because

Galatians 5:10
I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view of this. However, the one who is troubling you will suffer God's judgment, whoever he is.
Acts 15:1
Then some men came down from Judea and started to teach the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the Law of Moses, you can't be saved."
Acts 20:30
Indeed, some of your own men will arise and distort the truth in order to lure the disciples into following them.
2 Corinthians 11:13
Such people are false apostles, dishonest workers who are masquerading as apostles of the Messiah.
1 John 4:1
Dear friends, stop believing every spirit. Instead, test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Unawares

2 Timothy 3:6
For some of these men go into homes and deceive foolish women who are burdened with sins and swayed by all kinds of desires.
2 Peter 2:1
Now there were false prophets among the people, just as there also will be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies and even deny the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction on themselves.
Jude 1:4
For some people have slipped in among you unnoticed. They were written about long ago as being deserving of this condemnation because they are ungodly. They turn the grace of our God into uncontrollable lust and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus the Messiah.

Liberty

Galatians 3:23
Now before faith came about, we were held in custody and confined under the Law in preparation for the faith that was to be revealed.
Galatians 5:1
The Messiah has set us free so that we may enjoy the benefits of freedom. So keep on standing firm in it, and stop putting yourselves under the yoke of slavery again.
Psalm 51:12
Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and let a willing attitude control me.
Psalm 119:45
I will walk in liberty, for I seek your precepts.
John 8:31
So Jesus told those Jews who had believed in him, "If you continue in my word, you are really my disciples.
2 Corinthians 3:17
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Lord's Spirit is, there is freedom.
1 Peter 2:16
Live like free people, and do not use your freedom as an excuse for doing evil. Instead, be God's servants.
2 Peter 2:19
Promising them freedom, they themselves are slaves to depravity, for a person is a slave to whatever conquers him.

Bring

Galatians 4:3
It was the same way with us. While we were children, we were slaves to the basic principles of the world.
Isaiah 51:23
But I will put it into the hands of those who tormented and oppressed you, those who said to you, "Lie down, so we can step over you,' so that you had to make your back like the ground, and like a street for them to walk over."
2 Corinthians 11:20
You tolerate anyone who makes you his slaves, devours what you have, takes what is yours, orders you around, or slaps your face!

General references

Luke 5:38
Instead, new wine is to be poured into fresh wineskins.
Galatians 2:18
For if I rebuild something that I tore down, I demonstrate that I am a wrongdoer.

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