Galatians 5:1
STAND fast, therefore, in the liberty with which Christ made us free, and be not again entangled with the yoke of bondage.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
2Behold, I, Paul, say to you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
Cross References
Matthew 11:28Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
Luke 5:38But new wine must be put into new skins, and both are preserved together[5:38].
Acts 15:10Now therefore why do ye tempt God, by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
Romans 6:18and being made free from sin, ye became servants of righteousness.
Romans 7:6But now we are delivered from the law, having died to that wherein we were held; so that we serve in newness of spirit, and not in oldness of 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 →