Galatians 5:1
Christ has set you free with freedom, Therefore stand, and be not again entangled with the yoke of bondage.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
2Behold I Paul say unto you, that, if you may be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
Cross References
Matthew 11:28Come unto me, all ye who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Luke 5:38but the new wine is to be put into new bottles, and both will be preserved.
Acts 15:10Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke on the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
Romans 6:18but having been made free from sin, ye became servants unto righteousness.
Romans 7:6But now we have been made free from the law, being dead in that in which we were held; so that we serve in the newness of the spirit, and not in the 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 →