Galatians 2:4

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:

Because

1 John 4:1

Unawares

2 Timothy 3:6

2 Peter 2:1

Jude 1:4

Liberty

Bring

Galatians 4:3

Isaiah 51:23

2 Corinthians 11:20

General references

Luke 5:38

Galatians 2:18

Bible References

Because

I am certain about you in the Lord, that you will be of no other mind; but he who is troubling you will have his punishment, whoever he is.

Now certain men came down from Judaea, teaching the brothers and saying that without circumcision, after the rule of Moses, there is no salvation.

And from among yourselves will come men who will give wrong teaching, turning away the disciples after them.

For such men are false Apostles, workers of deceit, making themselves seem like Apostles of Christ.

My loved ones, do not put your faith in every spirit, but put them to the test, to see if they are from God: because a great number of false prophets have gone out into the world.

Unawares

For these are they who go secretly into houses, making prisoners of foolish women, weighted down with sin, turned from the way by their evil desires,

But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly put forward wrong teachings for your destruction, even turning away from the Lord who gave himself for them; whose destruction will come quickly, and they themselves will be the cause of it.

For certain men have come among you secretly, marked out before in the holy Writings for this evil fate, men without the fear of God, turning his grace into an unclean thing, and false to our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Liberty

But before faith came, we were kept in prison under the law, waiting for the revelation of the faith which was to come.

Christ has truly made us free: then keep your free condition and let no man put a yoke on you again.

Give me back the joy of your salvation; let a free spirit be my support.

So that my way may be in a wide place: because my search has been for your orders.

Then Jesus said to the Jews who had faith in him, If you keep my word, then you are truly my disciples;

Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there the heart is free.

As those who are free, not using your free position as a cover for wrongdoing, but living as the servants of God;

Saying that they will be free, while they themselves are the servants of destruction; because whatever gets the better of a man makes a servant of him.

Bring

So we, when we were young, were kept under the first rules of the world;

And I will put it into the hand of your cruel masters, and of those whose yoke has been hard on you; who have said to your soul, Down on your face! so that we may go over you: and you have given your backs like the earth, even like the street, for them to go over.

You put up with a man if he makes servants of you, if he makes profit out of you, if he makes you prisoners, if he puts himself in a high place, if he gives you blows on the face.

General references

But new wine has to be put into new wine-skins.

For if I put up again those things which I gave to destruction, I am seen to be a wrongdoer.