Galatians 5:13
You, my brothers and sisters, were called to freedom! Just don't use your freedom as an excuse to indulge your sinful human nature—instead serve one another in love.
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14For the whole law is summed up in this one command, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Cross References
Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord God is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to announce liberation to the captives, to set the prisoners free,
Luke 4:18“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for he has anointed me to announce good news to the destitute. He has sent me to proclaim that prisoners will be released, the blind will see, the oppressed will be freed,
John 13:14So if I, your Teacher and Lord, washed your feet, you ought to wash one another's feet.
Romans 6:18Now that you've been freed from sin, you've become slaves of doing what is morally right.
1 Corinthians 8:9Just take care not to use this freedom you have to eat food sacrificed to idols to become offensive to those with a weaker attitude.
1 Corinthians 13:4Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous. Love is not boastful. Love is not proud.
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 →