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(A)They tie up heavy burdens[a] [hard to carry] and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they will not lift a finger to move them.

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Footnotes

  1. 23:4 Tie up heavy burdens: see note on Mt 11:28.

V. Exhortation to Christian Living

Chapter 5

The Importance of Faith.[a] For freedom[b] Christ set us free; so stand firm and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 5:1–6 Paul begins the exhortations, continuing through Gal 6:10, with an appeal to the Galatians to side with freedom instead of slavery (Gal 5:1). He reiterates his message of justification or righteousness by faith instead of law and circumcision (Gal 5:2–5); cf. Gal 2:16; 3:3. Faith, not circumcision, is what counts (Gal 5:6).
  2. 5:1 Freedom: Paul stresses as the conclusion from the allegory in Gal 4:21–31 this result of Christ’s work for us. It is a principle previously mentioned (Gal 2:4), the responsible use of which Gal 5:13 will emphasize.