Galatians 5:13
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For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.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.
In other translations
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.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.
Greek words
ὑμεῖςhumeisYou yourselvesG4771γὰρgarforG1063ἐπ᾽ep᾽toG1909ἐλευθερίᾳeleutheriafreedomG1657ἐκλήθητε,eklēthētewere called,G2564ἀδελφοί·adelphoibrothers;G80μόνονmononbutG3441μὴmēnotG3361τὴνtēntheG3588ἐλευθερίανeleutherianfreedomG1657εἰςeisforG1519ἀφορμὴνaphormēnan opportunityG874τῇtēato theG3588σαρκί,sarkiflesh,G4561ἀλλὰallaRatherG235διὰdiathroughG1223τῆςtēs<the>G3588ἀγάπηςagapēsloveG26δουλεύετεdouleuetedo serveG1398ἀλλήλοις.allēloisone another.G240
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Related verses
- 1 Peter 2:16As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
- 1 Corinthians 9:19For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
- 1 Corinthians 8:9But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
- Romans 15:1-21 We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2 Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.1 We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves. 2 Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.
- Galatians 5:14For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
- Ephesians 5:21Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
- Romans 6:18-2218 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. 19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. 20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. 21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.18 You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness. 19 I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness. 20 For when you were slaves to sin, you were free of obligation to righteousness. 21 What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.
- Galatians 6:2Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
- Galatians 4:5-75 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. 6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons. 6 And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” 7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.
- 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;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,
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