Galatians 2:4

Conservative English Version

We went there because of those who pretended to be followers and had sneaked in among us as spies. They had come to take away the freedom that Christ Jesus had given us, and they were trying to make us their slaves.

Cross References

Psalm 119:45

I have gained perfect freedom by following your teachings,

Psalm 51:12

Make me as happy as you did when you saved me; make me want to obey!

Isaiah 51:23

Instead I will give it to your brutal enemies, who treated you like dirt and walked all over you."

Luke 5:38

New wine must be put only into new wineskins.

Acts 15:1

Some people came from Judea and started teaching the Lord's followers that they could not be saved, unless they were circumcised as Moses had taught.

Acts 15:24

We have heard that some people from here have terribly upset you by what they said. But we did not send them!

Acts 20:30

Some of your own people will tell lies to win over the Lord's followers.

Romans 8:15

God's Spirit doesn't make us slaves who are afraid of him. Instead, we become his children and call him our Father.

2 Corinthians 11:13

Anyway, they are no more than false apostles and dishonest workers. They only pretend to be apostles of Christ.

2 Corinthians 11:17

When I do all this bragging, I do it as a fool and not for the Lord.

2 Corinthians 11:20

In fact, you let people make slaves of you and cheat you and steal from you. Why, you even let them strut around and slap you in the face.

2 Corinthians 11:26

During my many travels, I have been in danger from rivers, robbers, my own people, and foreigners. My life has been in danger in cities, in deserts, at sea, and with people who only pretended to be the Lord's followers.

2 Corinthians 3:17

The Lord and the Spirit are one and the same, and the Lord's Spirit sets us free.

Galatians 1:7

when there is really only one true message. But some people are causing you trouble and want to make you turn away from the good news about Christ.

Galatians 4:25

Hagar also stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and for the present city of Jerusalem. She and her children are slaves.

Galatians 4:3

That is how it was with us. We were like children ruled by the powers of this world.

Galatians 5:1

Christ has set us free! This means we are really free. Now hold on to your freedom and don't ever become slaves of the Law again.

Galatians 5:10

but you belong to the Lord. That makes me certain that you will do what I say, instead of what someone else tells you to do. Whoever is causing trouble for you will be punished.

2 Timothy 3:6

Some men fool whole families, just to get power over those women who are slaves of sin and are controlled by all sorts of desires.

James 1:25

But you must never stop looking at the perfect law that sets you free. God will bless you in everything you do, if you listen and obey, and don't just hear and forget.

1 Peter 2:16

You are free, but still you are God's servants, and you must not use your freedom as an excuse for doing wrong.

2 Peter 2:19

They promise freedom to everyone. But they are merely slaves of filthy living, because people are slaves of whatever controls them.

1 John 4:1

Dear friends, don't believe everyone who claims to have the Spirit of God. Test them all to find out if they really do come from God. Many false prophets have already gone out into the world,

Jude 1:4

Some godless people have sneaked in among us and are saying, "God treats us much better than we deserve, and so it is all right to be immoral." They even deny that we must obey Jesus Christ as our only Master and Lord. But long ago the Scriptures warned that these godless people were doomed.