1Stand 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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Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-12)In the former part of this chapter the apostle cautions the Galatians to take heed of the judaizing teachers, who endeavoured to bring them back under the bondage of the law. He had been arguing against them before, and had largely shown how contrary the principles and spirit of those teachers were to the spirit of the gospel; and now this is as it were the general inference or application of all…
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