Galatians 5:13
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only abuse not this liberty for an occasion to indulge the flesh, but by mutual love serve one another.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
12I wish they were even cut off from your communion, that make such disturbance amongst you.
14For all the law is fulfilled in one precept, even in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Cross References
Luke 4:18"The spirit of the Lord is upon me to the end, for which He hath anointed me: He hath sent me to publish good tidings to the poor, to heal the broken-hearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to release them that are bruised,
John 13:14If I then your Lord and Master have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet.
Romans 6:18and being set free from sin, ye are become the servants of righteousness.
1 Corinthians 8:9But see that this liberty of yours be not by any means a stumbling-block to the weak.
1 Corinthians 13:4Charity beareth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity is not insolent, is not puffed up,
Matthew Henry on Galatians 5:2-13
Exhortation to Stedfastness; Persuasives to Stedfastness. ( a. d. 56.) 1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. 2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. 3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. 4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. 5 For we through the… Read the whole commentary →