Galatians 5:13
For you, brethren, have been called unto liberty: only make not liberty an occasion to the flesh, but by charity of the spirit serve one another.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
12I would they were even cut off, who trouble you.
14For all the law is fulfilled in one word: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Cross References
Isaiah 61:1The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me: he hath sent me to preach to the meek, to heal the contrite of heart, and to preach a release to the captives, and deliverance to them that are shut up.
Luke 4:18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me. Wherefore he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor, he hath sent me to heal the contrite of heart,
John 13:14If then I being your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; you also ought to wash one another's feet.
Romans 6:18Being then freed from sin, we have been made servants of justice.
1 Corinthians 8:9But take heed lest perhaps this your liberty become a stumblingblock to the weak.
1 Corinthians 13:4Charity is patient, is kind: charity envieth not, dealeth not perversely; 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 →