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

2 Corinthians 11:20

General references

Luke 5:38

Galatians 2:18

Bible References

Because

I have confidence toward you in the Lord, that ye will regard nothing else; but he who is troubling you shall bear his sentence, whosoever he may be.

And some, coming down from Judaea, were teaching the brethren, "Unless ye be circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved."

and from among yourselves will men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ;

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone forth into the world.

Unawares

For of these are those who creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, and led on by manifold desires,

But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there will be false teachers, who, indeed, will stealthily bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master Who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction:

For there crept in stealthily certain men, who of old were set forth for this condemnation, ungodly men, changing the grace of our God into lasciviousness; and denying the only Master and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Liberty

But, before the faith came, we were kept guarded under law, being shut up to the faith about to be revealed.

For freedom did Christ make us free; stand fast, therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.

Jesus, therefore, said to those Jews who had believed on Him, "If ye abide in My word, ye are truly My disciples;

Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

as free, and not holding your freedom as a cloak for wickedness, but as servants of God.

promising them liberty, while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by what one is overcome by this he has become enslaved.

Bring

So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elements of the world.

For ye bear with it, if one brings you into bondage, if one devours you, if one takes you captive, if one exalts himself, if one smites you on the face.

General references

But new wine must be put into fresh skins.

For, if I am building up again, what I pulled down, I show myself to be a transgressor.