Galatians 5:1
In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free — stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2lo, I Paul do say to you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing;
Cross References
Proverbs 23:23Truth buy, and sell not, Wisdom, and instruction, and understanding,
Matthew 11:28'Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,
Luke 5:38but new wine into new skins is to be put, and both are preserved together;
Acts 15:10now, therefore, why do ye tempt God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
Romans 6:18and having been freed from the sin, ye became servants to the righteousness.
Romans 7:6and now we have ceased from the law, that being dead in which we were held, so that we may serve in newness of spirit, and not in oldness 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 →