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Galatians 5:13
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Galatians 5:13
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13 For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love.
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Galatians 5:13
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Galatians 5:13
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Life by the Spirit
13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free.(A) But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh[a];(B) rather, serve one another(C) humbly in love.
Footnotes
- Galatians 5:13 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verses 16, 17, 19 and 24; and in 6:8.
Galatians 5:13
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Galatians 5:13
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13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
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1 Peter 2:16
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1 Peter 2:16
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16 For you are free, yet you are God’s slaves, so don’t use your freedom as an excuse to do evil.
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1 Peter 2:16
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1 Peter 2:16
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16 Live as free people,(A) but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil;(B) live as God’s slaves.(C)
1 Peter 2:16
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1 Peter 2:16
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16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
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1 Corinthians 9:19
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1 Corinthians 9:19
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19 Even though I am a free man with no master, I have become a slave to all people to bring many to Christ.
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1 Corinthians 9:19
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1 Corinthians 9:19
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Paul’s Use of His Freedom
19 Though I am free(A) and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone,(B) to win as many as possible.(C)
1 Corinthians 9:19
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1 Corinthians 9:19
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19 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
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1 Corinthians 8:9
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1 Corinthians 8:9
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9 But you must be careful so that your freedom does not cause others with a weaker conscience to stumble.
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1 Corinthians 8:9
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1 Corinthians 8:9
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9 Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block(A) to the weak.(B)
1 Corinthians 8:9
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1 Corinthians 8:9
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9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
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Romans 15:1-2
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Romans 15:1-2
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Living to Please Others
15 We who are strong must be considerate of those who are sensitive about things like this. We must not just please ourselves. 2 We should help others do what is right and build them up in the Lord.
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Romans 15:1-2
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Romans 15:1-2
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15 We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak(A) and not to please ourselves. 2 Each of us should please our neighbors for their good,(B) to build them up.(C)
Romans 15:1-2
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Romans 15:1-2
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15 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.
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Galatians 5:14
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Galatians 5:14
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14 For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”[a]
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Galatians 5:14
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Galatians 5:14
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14 For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”[a](A)
Footnotes
- Galatians 5:14 Lev. 19:18
Galatians 5:14
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Galatians 5:14
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14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
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Ephesians 5:21
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Ephesians 5:21
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Spirit-Guided Relationships: Wives and Husbands
21 And further, submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
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Ephesians 5:21
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Ephesians 5:21
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Ephesians 5:21
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Ephesians 5:21
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21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
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Romans 6:18-22
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Romans 6:18-22
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18 Now you are free from your slavery to sin, and you have become slaves to righteous living.
19 Because of the weakness of your human nature, I am using the illustration of slavery to help you understand all this. Previously, you let yourselves be slaves to impurity and lawlessness, which led ever deeper into sin. Now you must give yourselves to be slaves to righteous living so that you will become holy.
20 When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the obligation to do right. 21 And what was the result? You are now ashamed of the things you used to do, things that end in eternal doom. 22 But now you are free from the power of sin and have become slaves of God. Now you do those things that lead to holiness and result in eternal life.
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Romans 6:18-22
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Romans 6:18-22
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18 You have been set free from sin(A) and have become slaves to righteousness.(B)
19 I am using an example from everyday life(C) because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness(D) leading to holiness. 20 When you were slaves to sin,(E) you were free from the control of righteousness.(F) 21 What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death!(G) 22 But now that you have been set free from sin(H) and have become slaves of God,(I) the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.(J)
Romans 6:18-22
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Romans 6:18-22
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18 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.
22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
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Galatians 6:2
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Galatians 6:2
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2 Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ.
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Galatians 6:2
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Galatians 6:2
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2 Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.(A)
Galatians 6:2
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Galatians 6:2
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2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
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