Galatians 5:1

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Galatians 5:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 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.

2 Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.

3 Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.

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Proverbs 23:23

Invest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, 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.

1 Corinthians 16:13

Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. Be strong.

Ephesians 6:14

Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,

Philippians 1:27

Nevertheless, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,

1 Thessalonians 3:8

For now we can go on living, as long as you are standing firm in the Lord.

2 Thessalonians 2:15

Therefore, brothers, stand firm and cling to the traditions we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.

Hebrews 3:6

But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.

Hebrews 3:14

We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.

Hebrews 4:14

Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess.

Hebrews 10:23

Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.

Hebrews 10:35

So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.

Hebrews 10:36

You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.

Hebrews 10:37

For, “In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay.

Hebrews 10:38

But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”

Hebrews 10:39

But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.

Jude 1:3

Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.

Jude 1:20

But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,

Jude 1:21

keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.

Revelation 2:25

Nevertheless, hold fast to what you have until I come.

Revelation 3:3

Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.

Galatians 5:13

For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.

Galatians 2:4

This 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.

Galatians 3:25

Now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.

Galatians 4:26

But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.

Galatians 4:31

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

Psalms 51:12

Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.

Isaiah 61:1

The 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,

Matthew 11:28

Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Matthew 11:29

Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Matthew 11:30

For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

John 8:32

Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

John 8:33

“We are Abraham’s descendants,” they answered. “We have never been slaves to anyone. How can You say we will be set free?”

John 8:34

Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.

John 8:35

A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son belongs to it forever.

John 8:36

So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

Romans 6:14

For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.

Romans 6:18

You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.

Romans 7:3

So 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.

Romans 7:6

But 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.

Romans 8:2

For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.

1 Corinthians 7:22

For 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.

2 Corinthians 3:17

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

1 Peter 2:16

Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.

2 Peter 2:19

They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.

Galatians 4:9

But 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?

Matthew 23:4

They 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.

Acts 15:10

Now 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?

Colossians 2:16

Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath.

Colossians 2:17

These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.

Colossians 2:18

Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind.

Colossians 2:19

He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.

Colossians 2:20

If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations:

Colossians 2:21

“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”?

Colossians 2:22

These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.

Hebrews 9:8

By this arrangement the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.

Hebrews 9:9

It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.

Hebrews 9:10

They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.

Hebrews 9:11

But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation.