Galatians 5:1

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“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.”

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Christ has set us free for freedom; Paul urges believers to stand firm and not return to the ‘yoke of slavery’ of trying to earn God’s favor by law-keeping.

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“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.”

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“Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.”

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“For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.”

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“In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free--stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude;”

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Cross references

Other passages that echo Galatians 5:1 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 51:12Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.
  2. Proverbs 23:23Invest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
  3. Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
  4. Matthew 11:28Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
  5. Matthew 23:4They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
  6. Luke 5:38Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.
  7. John 8:32Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
  8. Acts 15:10Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?
  9. Romans 6:14For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
  10. Romans 6:18You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
  11. Romans 7:3So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress, even if she marries another man.
  12. Romans 7:6But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.
  13. Romans 8:2For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
  14. 1 Corinthians 7:22For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave.
  15. 1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
  16. 1 Corinthians 16:13Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. Be strong.
  17. 2 Corinthians 3:17Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
  18. Galatians 2:4This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.
  19. Galatians 3:25Now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.
  20. Galatians 4:9But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?
  21. Galatians 4:26But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
  22. Galatians 4:31Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.
  23. Galatians 5:13For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
  24. Ephesians 6:14Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,

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