Galatians 5:1
It is for liberty that Christ has made us free. Therefore, stand fast and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
2Behold, I, Paul say to you, that if you are circumcised, Christ shall be of no value to you.
Cross References
Matthew 11:28Come to me, all you who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Luke 5:38But new wine must be put into new skins; then both are preserved.
Acts 15:10Now then, why do you put God to the test by putting a yoke upon the necks of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
Romans 6:18Being then set free from sin, you became the slaves of righteousness.
Romans 7:6But now we have been released from the law, dead to that which held us bound; so that we serve in newness of 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 →