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 have confidence in you in the Lord that you will adopt no other view. And he that troubles you will bear his judgment, who ever he is.

Some men came down from Judea to teach the brothers. They said: You cannot be saved unless you become circumcised according to the custom of Moses.

Such men will arise from among you speaking perverse things to draw away the disciples after them.

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, fashioning themselves into apostles of Christ.

Beloved, do not believe every spirit. Test the spirits to see whether they are from God. This is because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Unawares

Among them are those who creep into houses and lead captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away with various lusts.

There arose false prophets among the people. There will be false teachers among you! They will privately bring in destructive heresies (contrary doctrines), denying even the Master who bought them. They bring swift destruction on themselves.

Certain men crept in unnoticed. They were appointed long ago for this condemnation. These ungodly men turned the grace of our God into loose conduct. They deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Liberty

But before faith came the Law held us in custody. We were locked up until faith was revealed.

Christ liberated us for freedom (moral liberty). Stand fast therefore, and do not become entangled again in a yoke of bondage.

Restore the joy of your salvation to me, and establish a willing spirit in me.

And I will walk at liberty, for I seek your precepts.

Jesus told the Jews who believed him: If you dwell in my word you truly are my disciples.

Now God is the Spirit and where the Spirit of God is, there is liberty (freedom).

Be free, and yet do not use your freedom for a covering for evil, but as servants of God.

They promise them freedom, while they are bondservants of corruption. A man is brought into bondage by one and enslaved by another.

Bring

When we were children, we too were held in bondage. We were slaves to the arrangement of this world.

I will put it into the hands of your tormentors, who said to you: 'Lie down that we may walk all over you. You made your back like the ground like a street to be walked over.'

You suffer, if a man brings you into bondage, if a man devours you, if a man takes advantage of you, if a man exalts himself, if a man strikes you on the face.

General references

But new wine must be put into fresh wine skins.

If I build up again the things that I destroyed, I prove myself a transgressor.