Galatians 5:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

Stand

The liberty

Entangled

General references

Genesis 24:6

Luke 5:38

John 8:36

Bible References

Stand

Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

So that, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not without fruit in the Lord.

Watch! Stand fast in the faith! Be men! Be strong!

Therefore stand, having your loins girded about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness

Only let your conduct be as becomes the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you, or else am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, striving together with one mind for the faith of the gospel,

for now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord.

Therefore, my brothers, stand fast and hold the teachings which you have been taught, whether by word or by our letter.

But Christ was faithful as a Son over his own house; whose house we are, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.

Since then we have a great High Priest who has passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.

Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering (for He is faithful who promised),

Having made all haste to write to you about the common salvation, beloved, I had need to write to you to exhort you to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints.

But that which you have, hold fast until I come.

Remember then how you have received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you.

The liberty

For, brothers, you were called to liberty. Only do not use the liberty for an opening to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

But because of those false brothers stealing in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus; they desiring to enslave us;

But faith coming, we are no longer under a trainer.

But the Jerusalem from above is free, who is the mother of us all.

Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.

The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is on Me; because Jehovah has anointed Me to preach the Gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under Law, but under grace.

So then if, while her husband lives, she is married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress. But if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress by becoming another man's wife.

But the Law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.

For he who is called a slave in the Lord is a freed man of the Lord. And likewise, he who is called a free man is a slave of Christ.

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

as free, and not having freedom as a cover of evil, but as servants of God.

promising them liberty, they themselves are the slaves of corruption. For by whom anyone has been overcome, even to this one he has been enslaved.

Entangled

But because of those false brothers stealing in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus; they desiring to enslave us;

But now, knowing God, but rather are known by God, how do you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements to which you again desire to slave anew?

For they bind heavy and hard-to-carry burdens and lay them on men's shoulders. But they will not move them with one of their fingers.

Now therefore why do you tempt God by putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples, a yoke which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

Therefore let no one judge you in food or in drink, or in respect of a feast, or of the new moon, or of the sabbaths.

the Holy Spirit signifying by this that the way into the Holiest of all was not yet made manifest while the first tabernacle was still standing.

General references

And Abraham said to him, Take care that you do not bring my son there again.

But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved together.

Therefore if the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.