Galatians 5:1
stand firm then, and do not be again entangled in a yoke of bondage.
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Matthew 11:28"Come unto me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Luke 5:38"But new wine must be put into fresh wine-skins
Acts 15:10"Now then, why are you tempting God by laying on the necks of these disciples a yoke which neither our forefathers nor we have been able to bear?
Romans 6:18and being set free from sin, you became the slaves of righteousness -
Romans 7:6But now we have been released from the Law, because we are dead to that in which we were held; so that we are now in thraldom in new and spiritual conditions, and not under the old written code.
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 →