Galatians 5:1
Stand firm, and do not be willing to be again held by the yoke of servitude.
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In Context
2Behold, I, Paul, say to you, that if you have been circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you.
Cross References
Proverbs 23:23Purchase truth, and do not sell wisdom, or doctrine, or understanding.
Matthew 11:28Come to me, all you who labor and have been burdened, and I will refresh you.
Luke 5:38Instead, the new wine is put into new wineskins, and both are preserved.
Acts 15:10Now therefore, why do you tempt God to impose a yoke upon the necks of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?
Romans 6:18And having been freed from sin, we have become servants of justice.
Romans 7:6But now we have been released from the law of death, by which we were being held, so that now we may serve with a renewed spirit, and not in the old way, by the letter.
Matthew Henry on Galatians 5:1
In this chapter the apostle comes to make application of his foregoing discourse. He begins it with a general caution, or exhortation ( ver. 1 ), which he afterwards enforces by several considerations, ver. 2-12 . He then presses them to serious practical godliness, which would be the best antidote against the snares of their false teachers; particularly, I. That they should not strive with one another, ver. 13-15 . II. That they would strive against sin, where he shows, 1. That there is in every one a struggle… Read the whole commentary →