Galatians 5:13
For ye, brothers, were called to liberty, only not liberty for an opportunity to the flesh, but be servants to each other through love.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
12O that those who trouble you would even cut it all off.
14For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in the, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself.
Cross References
Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of lord LORD is upon me, because LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind (LXX/NT), and
Luke 4:18The Spirit of Lord is upon me, because he anointed me to preach good-news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to sent forth in deliv
John 13:14If I then, the Lord and the teacher, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash each other's feet.
Romans 6:18And having been set free from sin, ye were made servile to righteousness
1 Corinthians 8:9But take heed lest somehow this privilege of yours becomes a stumbling-block to those who are weak.
1 Corinthians 13:4Love is patient and is kind. Love does not envy. Love does not brag, and is not puffed up.
Matthew Henry on Galatians 5:2-13
Exhortation to Stedfastness; Persuasives to Stedfastness. ( a. d. 56.) 1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. 2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. 3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. 4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. 5 For we through the… Read the whole commentary →