Galatians 5:1
STAND fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ has made you free, and be not again held under a yoke of bondage.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
2Behold, I Paul declare to you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ will be of no advantage to you.
Cross References
Matthew 11:28Come to me, all who labour hard, and sustain heavy burdens, and I will give you relief.
Luke 5:38But new wine should be put into new bottles; then both are preserved.
Acts 15:10Why then now tempt ye God, by imposing a yoke on the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
Romans 6:18Emancipated then from sin, ye became servants to righteousness.
Romans 7:6But now we have been discharged from the law, that being dead by which we were held fast; that we should serve in renovation of spirit, and not in the antiquity 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 →