Galatians 5:7

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 9:24 : 24 Do you not know that all the runners in a stadium compete, but only one receives the prize? So run to win.
  • Gal 3:1 : 1 Justification by Law or by Faith? You foolish Galatians! Who has cast a spell on you? Before your eyes Jesus Christ was vividly portrayed as crucified!
  • 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.
  • Heb 12:1 : 1 The Lord’s Discipline Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us,
  • Rom 6:17 : 17 But thanks be to God that though you were slaves to sin, you obeyed from the heart that pattern of teaching you were entrusted to,
  • Matt 13:21 : 21 But he has no root in himself and does not endure; when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.
  • Acts 6:7 : 7 The word of God continued to spread, the number of disciples in Jerusalem increased greatly, and a large group of priests became obedient to the faith.
  • Rom 2:8 : 8 but wrath and anger to those who live in selfish ambition and do not obey the truth but follow unrighteousness.
  • 2 Cor 10:5 : 5 and every arrogant obstacle that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obey Christ.
  • Rom 10:16 : 16 But not all have obeyed the good news, for Isaiah says,“Lord, who has believed our report?”
  • Rom 15:18 : 18 For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,
  • Rom 16:26 : 26 but now is disclosed, and through the prophetic scriptures has been made known to all the nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith–
  • 2 Thess 1:8 : 8 With flaming fire he will mete out punishment on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
  • Heb 5:9 : 9 And by being perfected in this way, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,
  • Heb 11:8 : 8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place he would later receive as an inheritance, and he went out without understanding where he was going.

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  • Gal 5:10-13
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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.

    11Now, brothers and sisters, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed.

    12I wish those agitators would go so far as to castrate themselves!

    13Practice 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.

  • Gal 1:6-7
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    6Occasion of the Letter I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are following a different gospel–

    7not that there really is another gospel, but there are some who are disturbing you and wanting to distort the gospel of Christ.

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    24Do you not know that all the runners in a stadium compete, but only one receives the prize? So run to win.

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  • Gal 3:3-5
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    3Are you so foolish? Although you began with the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by human effort?

    4Have you suffered so many things for nothing?– if indeed it was for nothing.

    5Does God then give you the Spirit and work miracles among you by your doing the works of the law or by your believing what you heard?

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    4Now 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.

    5But we did not surrender to them even for a moment, in order that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.

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    8Watch out, so that you do not lose the things we have worked for, but receive a full reward.

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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.

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    4So they are astonished when you do not rush with them into the same flood of wickedness, and they vilify you.

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    15Where then is your sense of happiness now? For I testify about you that if it were possible, you would have pulled out your eyes and given them to me!

    16So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?

    17They court you eagerly, but for no good purpose; they want to exclude you, so that you would seek them eagerly.

  • Eph 4:20-21
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    20But you did not learn about Christ like this,

    21if indeed you heard about him and were taught in him, just as the truth is in Jesus.

  • Heb 12:1
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    1The Lord’s Discipline Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us,

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    8For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the sake of the truth.

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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.

    13For those who are circumcised do not obey the law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised so that they can boast about your flesh.

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    16But I say, live by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh.

    17For the flesh has desires that are opposed to the Spirit, and the Spirit has desires that are opposed to the flesh, for these are in opposition to each other, so that you cannot do what you want.

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    12so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises.

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    6Some have strayed from these and turned away to empty discussion.

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    19My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,

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    14For you became imitators, brothers and sisters, of God’s churches in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you too suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they in fact did from the Jews,

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    13and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but be healed.

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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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    7Therefore do not be sharers with them,

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    10Continue in What You Have Learned You, however, have followed my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance,

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    5Your faith and love have arisen from the hope laid up for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel

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    8Therefore we ought to support such people, so that we become coworkers in cooperation with the truth.