Galatians 5:1

Galatians 5:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
• New International Version (NIV)It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

Context of Galatians 5:1

With freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage. 2Behold, I Paul say unto you, that, if ye receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing. 3Yea, I testify again to every man that receiveth circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

Galatians 5:1 word by word

τῇ ἐλευθερίᾳ ἡμᾶς Χριστὸς ἠλευθέρωσεν· στήκετε οὖν καὶ μὴ πάλιν ζυγῷ δουλείας ἐνέχεσθε.¶Read the interlinear

• Withκαίkai · andG2532
• freedomἐλευθερίαeleutheria · freedomG1657
• didοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• setἐλευθερόωeleutheroō · to set freeG1659
• standστήκωstēkō · to standG4739
• notμήmē · notG3361
• againπάλινpalin · againG3825
• yokeζυγόςzugos · yoke/scalesG2218
• ofὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588

Cross-references for Galatians 5:1

• Proverbs 23:23Buy the truth, and sell it not; yea, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
• 1 Corinthians 15:58Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not vain in the Lord.
• 1 Corinthians 16:13Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
• Ephesians 6:14Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
• Philippians 1:27Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ: that, whether I come and see you or be absent, I may hear of your state, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the gospel;
• 1 Thessalonians 3:8for now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:15So then, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye were taught, whether by word, or by epistle of ours.
• Hebrews 3:6but Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope firm unto the end.
• Hebrews 4:14Having then a great high priest, who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
• Hebrews 10:23let us hold fast the confession of our hope that it waver not; for he is faithful that promised:
• Jude 1:3Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints.
• Revelation 2:25Howbeit that which ye have, hold fast till I come.
• Revelation 3:3Remember therefore how thou hast received and didst hear; and keep it, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
• Galatians 5:13For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only use not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.
• Galatians 2:4and that because of the false brethren privily brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
• Galatians 3:25But now that faith is come, we are no longer under a tutor.

Commentaries on Galatians 5:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Stand fast therefore in the liberty - This is intimately connected with the preceding chapter: the apostle having said, just before, So then, brethren, we are not children of the bond woman, but of the free, immediately adds, Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free. Hold fast your Christian profession; it brings spiritual liberty: on the contrary, Judaism brings spiritual bondage. Among the Jews, the Messiah's reign was to…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Stand fast, therefore - Be firm and unwavering. This verse properly belongs to the previous chapter, and should not have been separated from it. The sense is, that they were to be firm and unyielding in maintaining the great principles of Christian liberty. They had been freed from the bondage of rites and ceremonies; and they should by no means, and in no form, yield to them again. In the liberty … - Compare John 8:32, John 8:36; Romans 6:18; Notes…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1An earnest exhortation to stand fast in the liberty of the gospel. (1-12) To take heed of indulging a sinful temper. (13-15) And to walk in the Spirit, and not to fulfil the lusts of the flesh: the works of both are described. (16-26) Verses 1-6 Christ will not be the Saviour of any who will not own and rely upon him as their only Saviour. Let us take heed to the warnings and persuasions of the apostle to stedfastness in the doctrine and liberty of the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1Paul clearly explains his message to the Galatians. He criticizes their unwise behavior and offers a better choice. That choice is freedom. Christ has set us free: Christians are free to live by faith in Christ alone (see Romans 8). do not be encumbered once more (literally do not take on a yoke): A yoke is a heavy wooden bar that joins two farm animals together, like oxen, so they can pull heavy loads. In the Jewish tradition, people used the word "yoke"…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-261. The oldest manuscripts read, "in liberty (so Alford, Moberley, Humphry, and Ellicott. But as there is no Greek for 'in,' as there is in translating in 1Co 16:13; Php 1:27; 4:1, I prefer 'It is FOR freedom that') Christ hath made us free (not in, or for, a state of bondage). Stand fast, therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage" (namely, the law, Ga 4:24; Ac 15:10). On "again," see on Ga 4:9.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Galatians 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings