Galatians 5:1
With her freedom, Christ hath made you, free. Stand fast, therefore, and do not, again, with a yoke of servitude, be held fast!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
2See! I, Paul, say unto you—if ye be getting circumcised, Christ will profit you, nothing.
Cross References
Proverbs 23:23Truth, buy thou, but do not sell, wisdom, and correction, and understanding.
Matthew 11:28Come unto me! all ye that toil and are burdened, and, I, will give you rest:
Luke 5:38But, new wine, into unused skins, must be poured.
Acts 15:10Now, therefore, why are ye proving God, that ye should put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which, neither our fathers, nor we, have been able to bear.
Romans 6:18And, being freed from sin, ye were made servants unto righteousness;—
Romans 7:6But, now, we have received full release from the law, by dying [in that] wherein we used to be held fast, so that we should be doing service—in newness of spirit and not in obsoleteness of 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 →