Galatians 5:1

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Freedom of the Believer For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery.

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  • 2 Cor 3:17 : 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is present, there is freedom.
  • Gal 5:13 : 13 Practice Love For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh, but through love serve one another.
  • John 8:32-36 : 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” 33 “We are descendants of Abraham,” they replied,“and have never been anyone’s slaves! How can you say,‘You will become free’?” 34 Jesus answered them,“I tell you the solemn truth, everyone who practices sin is a slave of sin. 35 The slave does not remain in the family forever, but the son remains forever. 36 So if the son sets you free, you will be really free.
  • Gal 2:4 : 4 Now this matter arose because of the false brothers with false pretenses who slipped in unnoticed to spy on our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, to make us slaves.
  • Rom 8:2 : 2 For the law of the life-giving Spirit in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.
  • Rom 6:14 : 14 For sin will have no mastery over you, because you are not under law but under grace.
  • 1 Cor 16:13 : 13 Final Challenge and Blessing Stay alert, stand firm in the faith, show courage, be strong.
  • Acts 15:10 : 10 So now why are you putting God to the test by placing on the neck of the disciples a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?
  • 1 Cor 7:22 : 22 For the one who was called in the Lord as a slave is the Lord’s freedman. In the same way, the one who was called as a free person is Christ’s slave.
  • Gal 4:9 : 9 But now that you have come to know God(or rather to be known by God), how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless basic forces? Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again?
  • Heb 10:23 : 23 And let us hold unwaveringly to the hope that we confess, for the one who made the promise is trustworthy.
  • 1 Pet 2:16 : 16 Live as free people, not using your freedom as a pretext for evil, but as God’s slaves.
  • Ps 51:12 : 12 Let me again experience the joy of your deliverance! Sustain me by giving me the desire to obey!
  • Matt 11:28-30 : 28 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy to bear, and my load is not hard to carry.”
  • Rom 6:18 : 18 and having been freed from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness.
  • Heb 10:35-39 : 35 So do not throw away your confidence, because it has great reward. 36 For you need endurance in order to do God’s will and so receive what is promised. 37 For just a little longer and he who is coming will arrive and not delay. 38 But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not among those who shrink back and thus perish, but are among those who have faith and preserve their souls.
  • Rev 3:3 : 3 Therefore, remember what you received and heard, and obey it, and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will never know at what hour I will come against you.
  • Jude 1:20-21 : 20 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith, by praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 maintain yourselves in the love of God, while anticipating the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that brings eternal life.
  • Gal 4:31 : 31 Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman but of the free woman.
  • Col 2:16-22 : 16 Therefore do not let anyone judge you with respect to food or drink, or in the matter of a feast, new moon, or Sabbath days– 17 these are only the shadow of the things to come, but the reality is Christ! 18 Let no one who delights in false humility and the worship of angels pass judgment on you. That person goes on at great lengths about what he has supposedly seen, but he is puffed up with empty notions by his fleshly mind. 19 He has not held fast to the head from whom the whole body, supported and knit together through its ligaments and sinews, grows with a growth that is from God. 20 If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit to them as though you lived in the world? 21 “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!” 22 These are all destined to perish with use, founded as they are on human commands and teachings.
  • Gal 3:25 : 25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.
  • Rom 7:6 : 6 But now we have been released from the law, because we have died to what controlled us, so that we may serve in the new life of the Spirit and not under the old written code.
  • Isa 61:1 : 1 The Lord Will Rejuvenate His People The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is upon me, because the LORD has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners,
  • 2 Pet 2:19 : 19 Although these false teachers promise such people freedom, they themselves are enslaved to immorality. For whatever a person succumbs to, to that he is enslaved.
  • Jude 1:3 : 3 Condemnation of the False Teachers Dear friends, although I have been eager to write to you about our common salvation, I now feel compelled instead to write to encourage you to contend earnestly for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints.
  • Heb 9:8-9 : 8 The Holy Spirit is making clear that the way into the holy place had not yet appeared as long as the old tabernacle was standing. 9 This was a symbol for the time then present, when gifts and sacrifices were offered that could not perfect the conscience of the worshiper. 10 They served only for matters of food and drink and various ritual washings; they are external regulations imposed until the new order came. 11 Christ’s Service in the Heavenly Sanctuary But now Christ has come as the high priest of the good things to come. He passed through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is, not of this creation,
  • Heb 4:14 : 14 Jesus Our Compassionate High Priest Therefore since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.
  • Rev 2:25 : 25 However, hold on to what you have until I come.
  • 1 Thess 3:8 : 8 For now we are alive again, if you stand firm in the Lord.
  • Heb 3:6 : 6 But Christ is faithful as a son over God’s house. We are of his house, if in fact we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope we take pride in.
  • Eph 6:14 : 14 Stand firm therefore, by fastening the belt of truth around your waist, by putting on the breastplate of righteousness,
  • Phil 1:27 : 27 Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ so that– whether I come and see you or whether I remain absent– I should hear that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, by contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,
  • 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 So then, dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
  • Gal 4:26 : 26 But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
  • Matt 23:4 : 4 They tie up heavy loads, hard to carry, and put them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing even to lift a finger to move them.
  • Prov 23:23 : 23 Acquire truth and do not sell it– wisdom, and discipline, and understanding.
  • Rom 7:3 : 3 So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is alive, she will be called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she is joined to another man, she is not an adulteress.
  • Heb 3:14 : 14 For we have become partners with Christ, if in fact we hold our initial confidence firm until the end.
  • 2 Thess 2:15 : 15 Therefore, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold on to the traditions that we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.

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    31Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman but of the free woman.

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    36So if the son sets you free, you will be really free.

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    21Were you called as a slave? Do not worry about it. But if indeed you are able to be free, make the most of the opportunity.

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    28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female– for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.

    29And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to the promise.

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    10I am confident in the Lord that you will accept no other view. But the one who is confusing you will pay the penalty, whoever he may be.

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    20For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with regard to righteousness.

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    22But now, freed from sin and enslaved to God, you have your benefit leading to sanctification, and the end is eternal life.

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    18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

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    10So now why are you putting God to the test by placing on the neck of the disciples a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?

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    7So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if you are a son, then you are also an heir through God.

  • John 8:32-33
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    32and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

    33“We are descendants of Abraham,” they replied,“and have never been anyone’s slaves! How can you say,‘You will become free’?”

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    20If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit to them as though you lived in the world?

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    12Those who want to make a good showing in external matters are trying to force you to be circumcised. They do so only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.

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    14But may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

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    30He is the reason you have a relationship with Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

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    17But if while seeking to be justified in Christ we ourselves have also been found to be sinners, is Christ then one who encourages sin? Absolutely not!

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    14For sin will have no mastery over you, because you are not under law but under grace.

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    25But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.

  • Gal 3:13
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    19Although these false teachers promise such people freedom, they themselves are enslaved to immorality. For whatever a person succumbs to, to that he is enslaved.

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    6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight– the only thing that matters is faith working through love.

    7You were running well; who prevented you from obeying the truth?

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    19For since I am free from all I can make myself a slave to all, in order to gain even more people.