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Galatians 5

Gal. 5:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Stando fast
steko (Greek #4739)
to be stationary, i.e. (figuratively) to persevere
KJV usage: stand (fast).
Pronounce: stay'-ko
Origin: from the perfect tense of 2476
therefore
oun (Greek #3767)
(adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly
KJV usage: and (so, truly), but, now (then), so (likewise then), then, therefore, verily, wherefore.
Pronounce: oon
Origin: apparently a primary word
in thep liberty
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
eleutheria (Greek #1657)
freedom (legitimate or licentious, chiefly moral or ceremonial)
KJV usage: liberty.
Pronounce: el-yoo-ther-ee'-ah
Origin: from 1658
wherewith
hos (Greek #3739)
the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
KJV usage: one, (an-, the) other, some, that, what, which, who(-m, -se), etc. See also 3757.
Pronounce: hos
Origin: ἥ (hay), and neuter ὅ (ho) probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article 3588)
Christ
Christos (Greek #5547)
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
KJV usage: Christ.
Pronounce: khris-tos'
Origin: from 5548
hath made
eleutheroo (Greek #1659)
to liberate, i.e. (figuratively) to exempt (from moral, ceremonial or mortal liability)
KJV usage: deliver, make free.
Pronounce: el-yoo-ther-o'-o
Origin: from 1658
us
hemas (Greek #2248)
us
KJV usage: our, us, we.
Pronounce: hay-mas'
Origin: accusative case plural of 1473
free
eleutheroo (Greek #1659)
to liberate, i.e. (figuratively) to exempt (from moral, ceremonial or mortal liability)
KJV usage: deliver, make free.
Pronounce: el-yoo-ther-o'-o
Origin: from 1658
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
be
enecho (Greek #1758)
to hold in or upon, i.e. ensnare; by implication, to keep a grudge
KJV usage: entangle with, have a quarrel against, urge.
Pronounce: en-ekh'-o
Origin: from 1722 and 2192
not
me (Greek #3361)
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas 3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
KJV usage: any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also 3362, 3363, 3364, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3378.
Pronounce: may
Origin: a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas 3756 expresses an absolute denial)
entangled
enecho (Greek #1758)
to hold in or upon, i.e. ensnare; by implication, to keep a grudge
KJV usage: entangle with, have a quarrel against, urge.
Pronounce: en-ekh'-o
Origin: from 1722 and 2192
again
palin (Greek #3825)
(adverbially) anew, i.e. (of place) back, (of time) once more, or (conjunctionally) furthermore or on the other hand
KJV usage: again.
Pronounce: pal'-in
Origin: probably from the same as 3823 (through the idea of oscillatory repetition)
with the yoke
zugos (Greek #2218)
a coupling, i.e. (figuratively) servitude (a law or obligation); also (literally) the beam of the balance (as connecting the scales)
KJV usage: pair of balances, yoke.
Pronounce: dzoo-gos'
Origin: from the root of ζεύγνυμι (to join, especially by a "yoke")
of bondage
douleia (Greek #1397)
slavery (ceremonially or figuratively)
KJV usage: bondage.
Pronounce: doo-li'-ah
Origin: from 1398
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Eph. 6:14• 14Stand therefore, having girt about your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, (Eph. 6:14)
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John 8:32,36• 32and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.
 36If therefore the Son shall set you free, ye shall be really free. (John 8:32,36)
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Acts 15:10• 10Now therefore why tempt ye God, by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear? (Acts 15:10)
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Rom. 6:18• 18Now, having got your freedom from sin, ye have become bondmen to righteousness. (Rom. 6:18)

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Bondage,
Christ,
Liberty,
Yoke

Cross References

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1-2:  He wills them to stand in their liberty,
3-12:  and not to observe circumcision;
13-18:  but rather love, which is the sum of the law.
19-21:  He reckons up the works of the flesh,
22-24:  and the fruits of the Spirit,
25-26:  and exhorts to walk in the Spirit.
Stand.
Prov. 23:23• 23Buy the truth, and sell it not; wisdom, and instruction, and intelligence. (Prov. 23:23)
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1 Cor. 15:58• 58So then, my beloved brethren, be firm, immovable, abounding always in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord. (1 Cor. 15:58)
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1 Cor. 16:13• 13Be vigilant; stand fast in the faith; quit yourselves like men; be strong. (1 Cor. 16:13)
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Eph. 6:14• 14Stand therefore, having girt about your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, (Eph. 6:14)
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Phil. 1:27• 27Only conduct yourselves worthily of the glad tidings of the Christ, in order that whether coming and seeing you, or absent, I may hear of what concerns you, that ye stand firm in one spirit, with one soul, labouring together in the same conflict with the faith of the glad tidings; (Phil. 1:27)
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1 Thess. 3:8• 8because now we live if *ye* stand firm in the Lord. (1 Thess. 3:8)
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2 Thess. 2:15• 15So then, brethren, stand firm, and hold fast the instructions which ye have been taught, whether by word or by our letter. (2 Thess. 2:15)
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Heb. 3:6,14• 6but Christ, as Son over his house, whose house are *we*, if indeed we hold fast the boldness and the boast of hope firm to the end.
 14For we are become companions of the Christ if indeed we hold the beginning of the assurance firm to the end; (Heb. 3:6,14)
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Heb. 4:14• 14Having therefore a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast the confession. (Heb. 4:14)
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Heb. 10:23,35‑39• 23Let us hold fast the confession of the hope unwavering, (for he is faithful who has promised;)
 35Cast not away therefore your confidence, which has great recompense.
 36For ye have need of endurance in order that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.
 37For yet a very little while he that comes will come, and will not delay.
 38But the just shall live by faith; and, if he draw back, my soul does not take pleasure in him.
 39But *we* are not drawers back to perdition, but of faith to saving the soul. (Heb. 10:23,35‑39)
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Jude 3,20‑21• 3Beloved, using all diligence to write to you of our common salvation, I have been obliged to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints.
 20But *ye*, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
 21keep yourselves in the love of God, awaiting the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. (Jude 3,20‑21)
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Rev. 2:25• 25but what ye have hold fast till I shall come. (Rev. 2:25)
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Rev. 3:3• 3Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and keep it and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come upon thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know at what hour I shall come upon thee. (Rev. 3:3)
the liberty.
Gal. 5:13• 13For *ye* have been called to liberty, brethren; only do not turn liberty into an opportunity to the flesh, but by love serve one another. (Gal. 5:13)
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Gal. 2:4• 4and it was on account of the false brethren brought in surreptitiously, who came in surreptitiously to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage; (Gal. 2:4)
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Gal. 3:25• 25But, faith having come, we are no longer under a tutor; (Gal. 3:25)
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Gal. 4:26,31• 26but the Jerusalem above is free, which is our mother.
 31So then, brethren, we are not maid servant's children, but children of the free woman. (Gal. 4:26,31)
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Psa. 51:12• 12Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and let a willing spirit sustain me. (Psa. 51:12)
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Isa. 61:1• 1The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me, because Jehovah hath anointed me to announce glad tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and opening of the prison to them that are bound; (Isa. 61:1)
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Matt. 11:28‑30• 28Come to me, all ye who labour and are burdened, and *I* will give you rest.
 29Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest to your souls;
 30for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (Matt. 11:28‑30)
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John 8:32‑36• 32and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.
 33They answered him, We are Abraham's seed, and have never been under bondage to any one; how sayest thou, Ye shall become free?
 34Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Every one that practises sin is the bondman of sin.
 35Now the bondman abides not in the house for ever: the son abides for ever.
 36If therefore the Son shall set you free, ye shall be really free. (John 8:32‑36)
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Rom. 6:14,18• 14For sin shall not have dominion over *you*, for ye are not under law but under grace.
 18Now, having got your freedom from sin, ye have become bondmen to righteousness. (Rom. 6:14,18)
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Rom. 7:3,6• 3so then, the husband being alive, she shall be called an adulteress if she be to another man; but if the husband should die, she is free from the law, so as not to be an adulteress, though she be to another man.
 6but now we are clear from the law, having died in that in which we were held, so that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in oldness of letter. (Rom. 7:3,6)
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Rom. 8:2• 2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and of death. (Rom. 8:2)
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1 Cor. 7:22• 22For the bondman that is called in the Lord is the Lord's freedman; in like manner also the freeman being called is Christ's bondman. (1 Cor. 7:22)
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2 Cor. 3:17• 17Now the Lord is the Spirit, but where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. (2 Cor. 3:17)
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1 Peter 2:16• 16as free, and not as having liberty as a cloak of malice, but as God's bondmen. (1 Peter 2:16)
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2 Peter 2:19• 19promising them liberty, while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is subdued, by him is he also brought into slavery. (2 Peter 2:19)
entangled.
Gal. 2:4• 4and it was on account of the false brethren brought in surreptitiously, who came in surreptitiously to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage; (Gal. 2:4)
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Gal. 4:9• 9but now, knowing God, but rather being known by God, how do ye turn again to the weak and beggarly principles to which ye desire to be again anew in bondage? (Gal. 4:9)
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Matt. 23:4• 4but bind burdens heavy and hard to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of men, but will not move them with their finger. (Matt. 23:4)
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Acts 15:10• 10Now therefore why tempt ye God, by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear? (Acts 15:10)
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Col. 2:16‑22• 16Let none therefore judge you in meat or in drink, or in matter of feast, or new moon, or sabbaths,
 17which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
 18Let no one fraudulently deprive you of your prize, doing his own will in humility and worship of angels, entering into things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh,
 19and not holding fast the head, from whom all the body, ministered to and united together by the joints and bands, increases with the increase of God.
 20If ye have died with Christ from the elements of the world, why as if alive in the world do ye subject yourselves to ordinances?
 21Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch,
 22(things which are all for destruction in the using of them:) according to the injunctions and teachings of men, (Col. 2:16‑22)
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Heb. 9:8‑11• 8the Holy Spirit shewing this, that the way of the holy of holies has not yet been made manifest while as yet the first tabernacle has its standing;
 9the which is an image for the present time, according to which both gifts and sacrifices, unable to perfect as to conscience him that worshipped, are offered,
 10consisting only of meats and drinks and divers washings, ordinances of flesh, imposed until the time of setting things right.
 11But Christ being come high priest of the good things to come, by the better and more perfect tabernacle not made with hand, (Heb. 9:8‑11)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Christ has set us free in freedomh; stand fast therefore, and be not held again in a yoke of bondage.

JND Translation Notes

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i.e. liberty as opposed to bondage. See 1 Cor. 10.29.

W. Kelly Translation

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Stand fast in the freedom with whicha Christ hath freed us, and be not again held in a yoke of bondage.

WK Translation Notes

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Chapter 5:1 is a perplexing question of text. If (hō) "which" be read, the KJV is substantially right; if omitted as by the Revisers, and (oun) "certainly" be read after (stēkete) their version is correct.