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:

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Because

Galatians 5:10
I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view than mine; and the one who is troubling you will bear his judgment, whoever he is.
Acts 15:1
But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brethren, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."
Acts 20:30
and from among your own selves will arise men speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.
2 Corinthians 11:13
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
1 John 4:1
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Unawares

2 Timothy 3:6
For among them are those who make their way into households and capture weak women, weighed down with sins and swayed by various impulses,
2 Peter 2:1
But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.
Jude 1:4
For certain persons have crept in secretly, those who were long ago marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Liberty

Galatians 3:23
Now before faith came, we were bound under the law, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed.
Galatians 5:1
It was for freedom that Christ has set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.
John 8:31
Jesus then said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples.
2 Corinthians 3:17
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
1 Peter 2:16
Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a covering for evil; live as servants of God.
2 Peter 2:19
They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for whatever overcomes a man, to that he is enslaved.

Bring

Galatians 4:3
So also, when we were children, we were in slavery under the elemental things of the world.
2 Corinthians 11:20
For you put up with anyone if he makes slaves of you, or preys upon you, or takes advantage of you, or exalts himself, or strikes you in the face.

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Luke 5:38
But new wine must be put into new wineskins.
Galatians 2:18
For if I rebuild what I destroyed, I prove myself a transgressor.