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Galatians 5
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| 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free,
and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. |
BOM: Galatians 23:13
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| 5:2
Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you
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"If ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing."
Is circumcision required?
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| 5:3
For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor
to do the whole law. |
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| 5:4
Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by
the law; ye are fallen from grace. |
"Ye are fallen from grace."
Is it possible to fall from grace?
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| 5:5
For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. |
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| 5:6
For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor
uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. |
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| 5:7
Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? |
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| 5:8
This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you. |
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| 5:9
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. |
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| 5:10
I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise
minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be. |
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| 5:11
And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer
persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased. |
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| 5:12
I would they were even cut off which trouble you. |
"I would they were even cut off which trouble you."
Gosh, that doesn't sound very nice. But I wonder what Paul meant
by "cut off". The New Revised Standard Version translates this verse as: "I wish
those who unsettle you would castrate themselves!"
"By love serve one another."
"Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."
How should nonbelievers be treated?
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| 5:13
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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| 5:14
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love
thy neighbour as thyself.
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| 5:15
But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed
one of another.
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| 5:16
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of
the flesh.
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| 5:17
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the
flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the
things that ye would. |
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| 5:18
But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
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"If ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law."
Must Christians follow the OT laws?
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| 5:19
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery,
fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, |
"Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; ... lasciviousness."
Is dancing a sin?
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| 5:20
Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife,
seditions, heresies, |
(5:20-21)
"Idolatry, witchcraft ... heresies ... drunkenness, revellings, and such like. They which do
such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God."
Is it OK to drink alcohol?
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| 5:21
Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I
tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do
such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
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| 5:22
But the fruit of the
Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
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(5:22-23)
"Love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, ... meekness, temperance: against such
there is no law."
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| 5:23
Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. |
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| 5:24
And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections
and lusts. |
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| 5:25
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. |
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| 5:26
Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one
another.
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Don't be conceited or envious of others.
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