Galatians 5:1
Stand therefore in that liberty with which the Meshiha hath freed you, and be not enthralled with the yoke of bondage.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
2Behold, I, Paulos, tell you, that if you be circumcised, the Meshiha profiteth you nothing.
Cross References
Matthew 11:28Come unto me, all you (who) are wearied and bearing burdens, and I will give you rest.
Luke 5:38But they pour new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
Acts 15:10And now why tempt you Aloha, that you would lay a yoke upon the necks of the disciples, which nor our fathers nor we could bear?
Romans 6:18And when you were made free from sin, you became obedient to righteousness.
Romans 7:6but now we are loosed from the law, and are dead to that which held us, that we might serve henceforth in the newness of the spirit, and not in the oldness of the writing.
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 →