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 dear Brothers, stand firm, unshaken, always diligent in the Lord's work, for you know that, in union with him, your toil is not in vain.

Be watchful; stand firm in your faith; show yourselves men; be strong.

Stand your ground, then, 'with truth for your belt,' and 'with righteousness for your breast-plate,'

Under all circumstances let your lives be worthy of the Good News of the Christ: so that, whether I come and see you, or whether I hear of your affairs at a distance, I may know that you are standing firm, animated by one spirit, and joining with one heart in a common struggle for the Faith taught by the Good News,

For it is new life to us to know that you are holding fast to the Lord.

Stand firm then, Brothers, and hold fast to the truths that we taught you, whether by word or by letter.

the faithfulness of Christ was that of a Son set over the House of God. And we are his House--if only we retain, unshaken to the end, the courage and confidence inspired by our hope.

We have, then, in Jesus, the Son of God, a great High Priest who has passed into the highest Heaven; let us, therefore, hold fast to the Faith which we have professed.

Let us maintain the confession of our hope unshaken, for he who has given us his promise will not fail us.

Dear friends, while I was making every effort to write to you about our common Salvation, I felt that I must write to you at once to urge you to fight in defense of the Faith that has once for all been entrusted to the keeping of Christ's People.

only hold fast to what you have received, until I come.

Therefore remember what you have received and heard, and lay it to heart and repent. Unless you are on the watch, I shall come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I am coming to you.

The liberty

Remember, Brothers, to you the Call came to give you freedom. Only do not make your freedom an opportunity for self-indulgence, but serve one another in a loving spirit.

But, on account of the false Brothers who had stolen in, the men who had crept in to spy upon the liberty which we have through union with Christ Jesus, in order to bring us back to slavery--

But now that faith has come we no longer need a guide.

But the Jerusalem above is free, and she it is who is our mother.

Come to me, all you who toil and are burdened, and I will give you rest!

And you find out the Truth, and the Truth will set you free."

For Sin shall not lord it over you. You are living under the reign, not of Law, but of Love.

If, then, during her husband's lifetime, she unites herself to another man, she will be called an adulteress; but, if her husband dies, the law has no further hold on her, nor, if she unites herself to another man, is she an adulteress.

For through your union with Christ Jesus, the Law of the life- giving Spirit has set you free from the Law of Sin and Death.

For the man who was a slave when he was called to the master's service is the Master's freed-man; so, too, the man who was free when called is Christ's slave.

And the 'Lord' is the Spirit, and, where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

Act as free men, yet not using your freedom as those do who make it a cloak for wickedness, but as Servants of God.

They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to corrupt habits; for a man is the slave of anything to which he gives way.

Entangled

But, on account of the false Brothers who had stolen in, the men who had crept in to spy upon the liberty which we have through union with Christ Jesus, in order to bring us back to slavery--

But now that you have found God--or, rather, have been found by him--how is it that you are turning back to that poor and feeble puerile teaching, to which yet once again you are wanting to become slaves?

While they make up heavy loads and pile them on other men's shoulder's they decline, themselves, to lift a finger to move them.

Why, then, do you now provoke God, by putting on the necks of these disciples a yoke which neither our ancestors nor we were able to bear?

Do not, then, allow any one to take you to task on questions of eating or drinking, or in the matter of annual or monthly or weekly festivals.

By this the Holy Spirit is teaching that the way into the Sanctuary was hidden, as long as the outer part of the Tabernacle still remained.

General references

But new wine must be put into fresh skins.

If, then, the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed!