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Galatians 5

Gal. 5:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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gar (Greek #1063)
properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
KJV usage: and, as, because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet.
Pronounce: gar
Origin: a primary particle
, brethren
adephos (Greek #80)
a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like 1)
KJV usage: brother.
Pronounce: ad-el-fos'
Origin: from 1 (as a connective particle) and δελφύς (the womb)
, ye
humeis (Greek #5210)
you (as subjective of verb)
KJV usage: ye (yourselves), you.
Pronounce: hoo-mice'
Origin: irregular plural of 4771
have been called
kaleo (Greek #2564)
to "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise)
KJV usage: bid, call (forth), (whose, whose sur-)name (was (called)).
Pronounce: kal-eh'-o
Origin: akin to the base of 2753
unto
epi (Greek #1909)
properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.
KJV usage: about (the times), above, after, against, among, as long as (touching), at, beside, X have charge of, (be-, (where-))fore, in (a place, as much as, the time of, -to), (because) of, (up-)on (behalf of), over, (by, for) the space of, through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), with. In compounds it retains essentially the same import, at, upon, etc. (literally or figuratively).
Pronounce: ep-ee'
Origin: a primary preposition
liberty
eleutheria (Greek #1657)
freedom (legitimate or licentious, chiefly moral or ceremonial)
KJV usage: liberty.
Pronounce: el-yoo-ther-ee'-ah
Origin: from 1658
; only
monon (Greek #3440)
merely
KJV usage: alone, but, only.
Pronounce: mon'-on
Origin: neuter of 3441 as adverb
use 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)
n 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
for
eis (Greek #1519)
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
KJV usage: (abundant-)ly, against, among, as, at, (back-)ward, before, by, concerning, + continual, + far more exceeding, for (intent, purpose), fore, + forth, in (among, at, unto, -so much that, -to), to the intent that, + of one mind, + never, of, (up-)on, + perish, + set at one again, (so) that, therefore(-unto), throughout, til, to (be, the end, -ward), (here-)until(-to), ...ward, (where-)fore, with. Often used in composition with the same general import, but only with verbs (etc.) expressing motion (literally or figuratively).
Pronounce: ice
Origin: a primary preposition
an occasion
aphorme (Greek #874)
a starting-point, i.e. (figuratively) an opportunity
KJV usage: occasion.
Pronounce: af-or-may'
Origin: from a compound of 575 and 3729
to the flesh
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
sarx (Greek #4561)
flesh (as stripped of the skin), i.e. (strictly) the meat of an animal (as food), or (by extension) the body (as opposed to the soul (or spirit), or as the symbol of what is external, or as the means of kindred), or (by implication) human nature (with its frailties (physically or morally) and passions), or (specially), a human being (as such)
KJV usage: carnal(-ly, + -ly minded), flesh(-ly).
Pronounce: sarx
Origin: probably from the base of 4563
, but
alla (Greek #235)
properly, other things, i.e. (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations)
KJV usage: and, but (even), howbeit, indeed, nay, nevertheless, no, notwithstanding, save, therefore, yea, yet.
Pronounce: al-lah'
Origin: neuter plural of 243
by
dia (Greek #1223)
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
KJV usage: after, always, among, at, to avoid, because of (that), briefly, by, for (cause) ... fore, from, in, by occasion of, of, by reason of, for sake, that, thereby, therefore, X though, through(-out), to, wherefore, with (-in). In composition it retains the same general importance.
Pronounce: dee-ah'
Origin: a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act
love
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
agape (Greek #26)
love, i.e. affection or benevolence; specially (plural) a love-feast
KJV usage: (feast of) charity(-ably), dear, love.
Pronounce: ag-ah'-pay
Origin: from 25
serve
douleuo (Greek #1398)
to be a slave to (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary)
KJV usage: be in bondage, (do) serve(-ice).
Pronounce: dool-yoo'-o
Origin: from 1401
p one another
allelon (Greek #240)
one another
KJV usage: each other, mutual, one another, (the other), (them-, your-)selves, (selves) together (sometimes with 3326 or 4314).
Pronounce: al-lay'-lone
Origin: Genitive plural from 243 reduplicated
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1 Cor. 8:9• 9But see lest in any wise this your title become a stumbling-block to the weak. (1 Cor. 8:9)
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1 Peter 2:16• 16as free, and not having liberty as a cloak of malice, but as God's bondmen. (1 Peter 2:16)
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1 John 3:18• 18Dear children, let us not love with word nor with the tongue, but in deed and truth. (1 John 3:18)

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Flesh,
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Ministry on This Verse

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Gal. 5:1• 1Stand fast in the freedom with which Christ hath freed us, and be not again held in a yoke of bondage. (Gal. 5:1)
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Gal. 4:5‑7,22‑31• 5that he might buy those under law, that we might receive our sonship.
 6But because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba Father.
 7So that thou art no longer a bondservant but a son; and if a son, an heir also of God through Christ.
 22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one of the maidservant and one of the freewoman.
 23But he that was of the maidservant was born according to flesh, and he that was of the freewoman through the promise.
 24Which things are given allegorically, for these are two covenants, one from Mount Sina, gendering unto bondage, which is Agar.
 25For Agar is Mount Sina in Arabia, but correspondeth with the existing Jerusalem, for she is in bondage with her children.
 26But the Jerusalem above is free, which is our mother,
 27for it is written, “Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break out and cry, thou that travailest not; for the children of the desolate are many more than of her that hath the husband.”
 28But we, brethren, like Isaac, are children of promise.
 29But as then he that was born according to flesh persecuted him that was according to Spirit, so now.
 30But what saith the scripture? “Cast out the maidservant and her son. For in no wise shall the son of the maidservant inherit with the son of the freewoman.”
 31Therefore, brethren, we are not children of a maidservant, but of the freewoman. (Gal. 4:5‑7,22‑31)
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Isa. 61:1•  (Isa. 61:1)
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Luke 4:18• 18[The] Spirit of [the] Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach glad tidings to [the] poor; he hath sent me [to heal the broken-hearted], to preach to captives deliverance, and to [the] blind sight, to send forth [the] crushed delivered, (Luke 4:18)
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John 8:32‑36• 32and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
 33They answered him, We are Abraham’s seed, and have never been in bondage to anyone: how sayest thou, Ye shall become free?
 34Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Every one that practiceth sin is a bondman of sin.
 35Now the bondman abideth not in the house forever; the son abideth forever.
 36If therefore the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. (John 8:32‑36)
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Rom. 6:18‑22• 18and having been freed from sin ye became bondservants to righteousness.
 19I speak humanly on account of the weakness of your flesh; for as ye yielded your members in bondage to uncleanness and to lawlessness unto lawlessness, so now yield your members in bondage to righteousness unto holiness.
 20For when ye were bondservants of sin, ye were free in respect to righteousness.
 21What fruit then had you at that time? [Things] of which ye are now ashamed, for the end of those things [is] death.
 22But now freed from sin, and made bondservants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end life eternal. (Rom. 6:18‑22)
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1 Cor. 8:9• 9But see lest in any wise this your title become a stumbling-block to the weak. (1 Cor. 8:9)
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1 Peter 2:16• 16as free, and not 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 worsted, by him is he also held in bondage. (2 Peter 2:19)
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Jude 4,10‑12• 4For certain men have crept in unawares. They, who before of old were ordained to this sentence, ungodly men turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness and denying our only Master and Lord Jesus Christ.
 10But these rail at whatever things they know not; but whatever they understand naturally, as the irrational animals, in these things they corrupt themselves.
 11Woe unto them! because they went in the way of Cain, and rushed greedily into the error of Balaam's hire, and perished in the gainsaying of Korah.
 12These are spots in your love-feasts, feasting together, fearlessly pasturing themselves; clouds without water carried along by winds; autumnal trees without fruit, twice dead, rooted up; (Jude 4,10‑12)
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Gal. 5:14,22• 14For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in “Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”
 22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faith, meekness, self-control: (Gal. 5:14,22)
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Gal. 6:2• 2Bear one another's burdens, and so completely fulfil the law of Christ. (Gal. 6:2)
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Mark 10:43‑45• 43But it is not so among you: but whosoever would be great among you, shall be your minister:
 44and whosoever would be first of you, shall be bondman of all.
 45For also the Son of man did not come to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. (Mark 10:43‑45)
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John 13:14‑15• 14If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another’s feet;
 15for I have given you an example, that even as I did to you, ye should also do. (John 13:14‑15)
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Acts 20:35• 35In all things I gave you an example how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. (Acts 20:35)
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Rom. 15:1‑2• 1But we, the strong, ought to bear the infirmities of the weak and not to please ourselves.
 2Let each of us please his neighbour unto good for edification. (Rom. 15:1‑2)
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1 Cor. 9:19• 19For being free from all I made myself bondman to all, that I might gain the most. (1 Cor. 9:19)
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1 Cor. 13:4‑7• 4Love is long-suffering, is kind; love is not emulous, is not vain-glorious, is not puffed up,
 5doth not behave unseemly, seeketh not its own things, is not easily provoked, reckoneth not the evil,
 6rejoiceth not over iniquity, but rejoiceth with the truth,
 7beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. (1 Cor. 13:4‑7)
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2 Cor. 4:5• 5For not ourselves do we preach, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves your bondmen for Jesus' sake, (2 Cor. 4:5)
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2 Cor. 12:15• 15And I most gladly will spend and be spent for your souls, if even more abundantly loving you I am less loved. (2 Cor. 12:15)
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1 Thess. 1:3• 3remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labour of love and patience of hope of our Lord Jesus Christ before our God and Father, (1 Thess. 1:3)
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James 2:15‑17• 15If a brother or a sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
 16and one from among you say to them, Go in peace, be warmed and filled, but ye give them not the things needful for the body, what [is] the profit?
 17So also faith, if it have not works, is dead in itself. (James 2:15‑17)
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1 John 3:16‑19• 16Herein we know love, because he laid down his life for us; and we ought for the brethren to lay down our lives.
 17But whoso may have the world's means of living, and behold his brother having need, and shut up his bowels from him, how abideth the love of God in him?
 18Dear children, let us not love with word nor with the tongue, but in deed and truth.
 19And herein we shall know that we are of the truth, and shall persuade our hearts before him, (1 John 3:16‑19)
• God gave the law to convince of sin; the flesh would use it to work out righteousness. (“Galatians 5” by J.N. Darby)
• he insists in the most peremptory manner that our liberty in Christ is to be used for holiness. (“Galatians 5” by W. Kelly)
• In contrast to the law, Christianity gives us a new nature that loves to obey and do the will of God, and a new power, the Holy Spirit, to carry out the desires of the new nature. This is liberty, not, indeed, to be used for an occasion to the flesh to exalt itself, but to serve one another. (“Galatians 5” by H. Smith)
• The flesh likes to be served: but love delights to serve. The self-righteousness that seeks to exalt by its own works has no love or compassion for others. (“Galatians 5” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For *ye* have been called toe liberty, brethren; only do not turn liberty into an opportunity to the flesh, but by love servef one another.

JND Translation Notes

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Epi. the condition into which they are called; what characterizes their calling as a condition of its existence. see Notes, Rom. 4.18; 5.14.
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Douleuo, serve as a bondman, see Note, 1 Cor. 4.1.

W. Kelly Translation

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For ye have been called for freedom, brethren: only [use] not your freedom for an opportunity to the flesh; but by love serve one another.