Galatians 5:1
Stand fast, therefore, in the liberty with which the Messiah hath made us free; and be not subjected again to the yoke of bondage.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
2Behold, I Paul say to you, That if ye become circumcised, the Messiah is of no advantage to you.
Cross References
Matthew 11:28Come unto me, all ye wearied and heavily burdened, and I will ease you.
Luke 5:38But they put new wine into new sacks, and both are preserved.
Acts 15:10And now, why tempt ye God, by putting a yoke on the necks of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we could bear?
Romans 6:18And when ye were emancipated from sin, ye became servants to righteousness.
Romans 7:6But now we are absolved from the law, and are dead to that which held us in its grasp: that we might henceforth 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 →