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

Luke 5:38

John 8:36

Bible References

Stand

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, since ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Watch, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong;

Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, that whether I come and see you, or remain absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul striving together for the faith of the gospel,

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

So then, brethren, stand firm, and hold fast the traditions which ye were taught by us, whether by word, or by our letter.

but Christ as a son over his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and joyousness of our hope.

Since, then, we have a great highpriest, who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.

let us hold fast the profession of our hope without wavering, for he is faithful who promised;

Beloved, while giving all diligence to write to you, I found it necessary to write to you concerning the common salvation, exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once delivered to the saints.

but that which ye have, hold fast till I come.

Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and keep those things, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come as a thief, and thou shalt not know at what hour I will come upon thee.

The liberty

For ye, brethren, were called to liberty; only use not your liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by your love serve one another.

and that because of the false brethren stealthily brought in, who crept in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring into bondage;

but faith having come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

but the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.

Come to me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

and ye will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.

For sin shall not hold dominion over you; for ye are not under the Law, but under grace.

So then, if while her husband is living she connect herself with another man, she will be called an adulteress; but if her husband die, she is no longer bound by that law, so that she will not be an adulteress, though she connect herself with another man.

For the law of the Spirit of life set me free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

For he that was called in the Lord, being a slave, is the Lords freeman. In like manner the freeman, who is called, is Christs slave.

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

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

promising them liberty, while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by what a man is overcome, by the same is he also brought into bondage.

Entangled

and that because of the false brethren stealthily brought in, who crept in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring into bondage;

but now, after having known God, or rather having been known by God, how is it that ye are turning back to the weak and beggarly rudiments to which ye wish to be again in bondage?

They bind heavy burdens, and lay them on mens shoulders, and will not themselves move them with a finger.

Now therefore why do ye provoke the anger of God, by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

Let no one then call you to account about food or drink, or a feastday, or a new moon, or sabbaths;

the Holy Spirit clearly showing this, that the way into the sanctuary hath not yet been made manifest, while the first tabernacle is yet standing:

General references

But new wine must be put into new skins.

If therefore the Son make you free, ye will be free indeed.