Galatians 5:1
Stand firm in the liberty with which Christ made us free, and be not again bound fast to the yoke of bondage.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2Behold, I Paul say to you, that if ye are circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing;
Cross References
Proverbs 23:23Buy the truth, and sell it not; Buy wisdom and instruction and understanding.
Matthew 11:28Come to 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.
Acts 15:10Now therefore why do ye provoke the anger of 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 the bondmen of righteousness.
Romans 7:6But now we are delivered from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound, that we might serve in the new life of the Spirit, and not in the old way 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 →