Gálatas 5:1, Gálatas 5:13-14, Gálatas 5:4 NVIPT

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Galatians 5:1-4

Christian Liberty an incentive to Holiness of Life. Christian liberty opposed to legal bondage: v. 1. Stand fast, therefore, in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. v. 2. Behold, I, Paul, say unto you that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. v. 3. For I testify again to every man that is circumcised that he is a debtor to do the whole Law. v. 4. Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Galatians 5:1-12

E. Admonition to perseverance in Christian freedom—with a threatening allusion to the pernicious consequences of the opposite courseGalatians 4:31 to Galatians 5:631So then [Wherefore],41 brethren, we are not children of the [a] bondwoman, but 5 of the free. 1Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free [Stand fast therefore in the liberty for which Christ made us free, or For freedom Christ made Us free. Stand fast therefore],42 and be not entangled again with 2[in]... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Galatians 5:1-12

Hold Fast Your Freedom Galatians 5:1-12 We are free. The Son has made us free, and we are free indeed, though not free to disobey the dictates and promptings of our new nature. We are set free from minute prescriptions, from priestly rules and requisitions, from all that would cramp and hinder our spiritual development; but we are still under the law of Christ, who will see to it that the essential righteousness of the Mosaic law is fulfilled in us, “who walk not after the flesh, but after... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Galatians 5:1-26

The whole law of liberty is stated in the sentences, "For freedom did Christ set us free," "stand fast therefore," and "be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage." He then refers first to circumcision. If a man receive circumcision, Christ will profit him nothing; he has become a debtor to the whole law. If a man desire to be justi6ed by the law, he is severed from Christ, he is fallen from grace. The positive side of this is then stated. Faith working through love is the great principle... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Galatians 5:1-24

The Fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5:1-24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Much is written about the Holy Spirit in the Word of God. The Epistles of Paul are freighted with many marvelous messages relative to the Spirit of God. 1. The Four Gospels present seven things which Christ said of the Spirit: (1) The Spirit and the New Birth (John 1:12-13 ; John 3:5-7 ). (2) The Spirit as the Father's gift (Luke 11:13 ; John 14:16 ). (3) The Spirit as the Teacher (John 14:26 ). (4) The Spirit as the Reprover of the... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 5:1

LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY‘Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free.’ Galatians 5:1 We are bound to assert for the Church of Jesus Christ her true and rightful place in the affairs of men. I. The Church is the great witness to liberty in this world.—It was to set men free that her Master lived and died. He is the great emancipator of the spirit, and the conscience, and the intellect, and the heart of man. His Church exists to proclaim that truth which he... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 5:1

‘Wherefore, brothers, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the free-woman. Christ set us free with a view to our freedom, therefore stand fast continually, and do not be entangled again in a yoke of bondage.’ The consequence of what had been said is that we are not to be children of slavery but children of freedom, children of liberty, equality and brotherhood (Galatians 3:28). For that is why Christ has set us free, so that we can be truly free (John 8:36). Thus the Galatians must stand... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 5:1-12

The Application (Galatians 4:31 to Galatians 5:12 ). Paul will now apply the ideas that he has put forward in depth. For he wants them to recognise what they are turning away from. read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 5:1

Galatians 4:21 to Galatians 5:1 . The new thing he tries is an allegorising spiritualising application of an OT story. Slave-born Ishmael mocked ( Genesis 21:10 *) free-born Isaac, and the son of the slave was righteously cast out. God means us to learn from this! Once more it is claimed that the OT supports Paul. A second quasi-allegory is intertwined with the first. According to later Jewish theology, the real Jerusalem, like all other sacred things, existed originally in heaven. And... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Galatians 5:1

The liberty here spoken of, is a right which a person hath to action, that he may do or forbear the doing of things at his pleasure, as he apprehends them suitable or not, without the let or hinderance of another. This is either in things of a civil nature, or of a spiritual nature. The former is not understood here, for it is none of the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, for subjects to be free from the lawful commands of princes, or children to be free from the laws of their... read more