Parallel Verses

Twentieth Century New Testament

It is for freedom that Christ set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not again be held under the yoke of slavery.

New American Standard Bible

It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Christ has liberated us to be free. Stand firm then and don’t submit again to a yoke of slavery.

International Standard Version

The Messiah has set us free so that we may enjoy the benefits of freedom. So keep on standing firm in it, and stop putting yourselves under the yoke of slavery again.

A Conservative Version

Stand firm therefore in the liberty in which Christ freed us, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

It was for this freedom that Christ set us free [completely liberating us]; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery [which you once removed].

An Understandable Version

Christ set us free [from condemnation under the law of Moses], so we could stay free! Remain where you are then, and do not get tangled up again in the enslaving harness [of the law of Moses].

Anderson New Testament

Stand firm, therefore, in the freedom with which Christ has made us free, and be not held fast again in the yoke of bondage.

Bible in Basic English

Christ has truly made us free: then keep your free condition and let no man put a yoke on you again.

Common New Testament

It was for freedom that Christ has set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.

Daniel Mace New Testament

Stand fast therefore, and be not hampered again with the yoke of bondage.

Darby Translation

Christ has set us free in freedom; stand fast therefore, and be not held again in a yoke of bondage.

Godbey New Testament

Christ has set you free with freedom, Therefore stand, and be not again entangled with the yoke of bondage.

Goodspeed New Testament

This is the freedom with which Christ has freed us. So stand firm in it, and do not get under a yoke of slavery again.

John Wesley New Testament

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

Julia Smith Translation

Therefore in the liberty which Christ has freed us, stand ye, and be not again held in the yoke of servitude.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.

Modern King James verseion

Stand fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ has made us free, and do not again be held with the yoke of bondage.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

Moffatt New Testament

with the freedom for which Christ set us free. Make a firm stand then, do not slip into any yoke of servitude.

Montgomery New Testament

stand firm then, and do not be again entangled in a yoke of bondage.

NET Bible

For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery.

New Heart English Bible

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

Noyes New Testament

Stand firm in the liberty with which Christ made us free, and be not again bound fast to the yoke of bondage.

Sawyer New Testament

STAND firm in the liberty with which Christ has made you free, and be not again subject to a yoke of servitude.

The Emphasized Bible

With her freedom, Christ hath made you, free. Stand fast, therefore, and do not, again, with a yoke of servitude, be held fast!

Thomas Haweis New Testament

STAND fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ has made you free, and be not again held under a yoke of bondage.

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

Christ having made us gloriously free--stand fast and do not again be hampered with the yoke of slavery.

Williams New Testament

This is the freedom with which Christ has made us free. So keep on standing in it, and stop letting your necks be fastened in the yoke of slavery again.

World English Bible

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don't be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

Worrell New Testament

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

Worsley New Testament

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

Youngs Literal Translation

In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free -- stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
στήκω 
Steko 
Usage: 7

οὖν 
Oun 
therefore, then, so, and, now, wherefore, but, not tr,
Usage: 417

in the liberty
ἐλευθερία 
Eleutheria 
Usage: 11

ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

Χριστός 
christos 
Usage: 557

ἐλευθερόω 
Eleutheroo 
Usage: 5

us
ἡμᾶς 
hemas 
us, we, our, us-ward 9, not tr
Usage: 170

ἐλευθερόω 
Eleutheroo 
Usage: 5

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

be
ἐνέχω 
Enecho 
have a quarrel with, urge, entangle with
Usage: 3

not
μή 
me 
not, no, that not, God forbid 9, lest, neither, no man , but, none, not translated,
Usage: 493

ἐνέχω 
Enecho 
have a quarrel with, urge, entangle with
Usage: 3

πάλιν 
Palin 
Usage: 120

with the yoke
ζυγός 
Zugos 
Usage: 4

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Images Galatians 5:1

Context Readings

Live In Freedom And Love One Another

1 It is for freedom that Christ set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not again be held under the yoke of slavery. 2 Understand that I, Paul, myself tell you that if you allow yourselves to be circumcised, Christ will avail you nothing.

Cross References

Galatians 2:4

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--

1 Corinthians 16:13

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

Acts 15:10

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?

2 Corinthians 3:17

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

Galatians 5:13

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.

Matthew 11:28-30

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

John 8:32-36

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

Romans 6:14

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

Romans 6:18

Set free from the control of Sin, you became servants to Righteousness.

Romans 8:2

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.

Hebrews 10:23

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

2 Peter 2:19

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.

Romans 7:6

But now we are set free from the Law, because we are dead to that which once kept us under restraint; and so we serve under new, spiritual conditions, and not under old, written regulations.

1 Corinthians 7:22

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.

1 Corinthians 15:58

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.

Galatians 3:25

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

Galatians 4:9

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?

Galatians 4:26

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

Galatians 4:31

And so, Brothers, we are not children of a slave, but of her who is free.

Ephesians 6:14

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

Colossians 2:16-22

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.

1 Thessalonians 3:8

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

2 Thessalonians 2:15

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

Hebrews 3:6

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.

Hebrews 3:14

For we now all share in the Christ, if indeed we retain, unshaken to the end, the confidence that we had at the first.

Hebrews 4:14

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.

Hebrews 9:8-11

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.

Hebrews 10:35-39

Do not, therefore, abandon the confidence that you have gained, for it has a great reward awaiting it.

1 Peter 2:16

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

Jude 1:3

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.

Jude 1:20-21

But do you, dear friends, build up your characters on the foundation of your most holy Faith, pray under the guidance of the Holy Spirit,

Revelation 2:25

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

Revelation 3:3

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.

Matthew 23:4

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.

Romans 7:3

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.

Philippians 1:27

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,

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