KJV King James Version
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Galatians 5:1
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
ASV American Standard Version
For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free—stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude;
Surrounding context — Galatians 5
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.
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τῇG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐλευθερίᾳG1657 · eleutheriafreedomἡμᾶςG3165 · memeΧριστὸςG5547 · ChristosChristἠλευθέρωσεν·G1659 · eleutheroōto set freeστήκετεG4739 · stēkōto standοὖνG3767 · ountherefore/thenκαὶG2532 · kaiandμὴG3361 · mēnotπάλινG3825 · palinagainζυγῷG2218 · zugosyoke/scalesδουλείαςG1397 · douleiaslaveryἐνέχεσθε.¶G1758 · enechōto oppose
Cross-references
2 Corinthians 3:17Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord [is], there [is] liberty.Galatians 5:13For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only [use] not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.1 Peter 2:16As free, and not using [your] liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.Romans 6:14For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.John 8:32-36And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.Romans 8:2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.Galatians 4:9But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?Galatians 4:31So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.Hebrews 10:23Let us hold fast the profession of [our] faith without wavering; (for he [is] faithful that promised;)Galatians 2:4And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:Jude 1:20-21But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,2 Peter 2:19While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.1 Corinthians 16:13Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.Romans 6:18Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.Revelation 3:3Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord GOD [is] upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to [them that are] bound;Romans 7:6But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not [in] the oldness of the letter.Acts 15:10Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
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