Galatians 5:1

Easy To Read Version

We have freedom now. Christ made us free. So stand strong. Don’t change and go back into the slavery \{of law\}.

Cross References

Psalm 51:12

Your help made me so happy!\par Give me that joy again.\par Make my spirit strong\par and ready to obey you.\par

Proverbs 23:23

Truth, wisdom, learning, and understanding are worth paying money for. And they are worth far too much to ever sell.

Isaiah 61:1

\{The Lord’s servant says,\} “The Lord my Master put his Spirit in me. God chose me to tell good news to poor people and to comfort sad people. God sent me to tell the captives that they are free and to tell the prisoners that they have been set free.

Matthew 23:4

They make strict rules that are hard for people to obey. They try to force other people to obey all those rules. But they themselves will not try to follow any of those rules.

Luke 5:38

People always put new wine into new wine bags.

Acts 15:10

So now, why are you putting a heavy burden {\cf2\super [307]} around the necks of the non-Jewish brothers? Are you trying to make God angry? We and our fathers {\cf2\super [308]} were not able to carry that burden!

Romans 6:14

Sin will not be your master. Why? Because you are not under law. You now live under God’s grace (kindness).

Romans 6:18

You were made free from sin. And now you are slaves to goodness (right living).

Romans 7:3

But if that woman marries another man while her husband is still alive, the law says she is guilty of adultery. {\cf2\super [51]} But if the woman’s husband dies, then that woman is made free from the law of marriage. So if that woman marries another man after her husband dies, she is not guilty of adultery.

Romans 7:6

In the past, the law held us like prisoners. But our old selves died and we were made free from the law. So now we serve God in a new way, not in the old way with the written rules. Now we serve God in the new way with the Spirit. {\cf2\super [53]}

Romans 8:15

The Spirit {\cf2\super [65]} that we received is not a spirit that makes us slaves again and causes us to fear. The Spirit that we have makes us God’s chosen children. And with that Spirit we say, “Abba, {\cf2\super [66]} Father.”

Romans 8:2

Why? Because in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit {\cf2\super [58]} that brings life made you {\cf2\super [59]} free. It made you {\cf2\super [60]} free from the law that brings sin and death.

1 Corinthians 15:58

So, my dear brothers and sisters, stand strong. Don’t let anything change you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord. You know that your work in the Lord is never wasted.

1 Corinthians 16:13

Be careful. Continue strong in the faith. Have courage and be strong.

1 Corinthians 7:22

The person who was a slave when the Lord called him is free in the Lord. That person belongs to the Lord. In the same way, the person who was free when he was called is now Christ’s slave.

2 Corinthians 11:20

\{I know you will be patient,\} because you are even patient with a person who forces you to do things and uses you! You are patient with people that trick you, or think they are better than you, or hit you in the face!

2 Corinthians 3:17

The Lord is the Spirit. And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

Galatians 3:25

Now the way of faith has come. So we don’t live under the law now.

Galatians 4:26

But the heavenly Jerusalem that is above is like the free woman. This is our mother.

Galatians 4:31

So, my brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman. We are children of the free woman.

Galatians 4:9

But now you know the true God. Really, it is God who knows you. So why do you turn back to those weak and useless rules you followed before? Do you want to be slaves to those things again?

Galatians 5:13

My brothers and sisters, God called you to be free. But don’t use your freedom as an excuse to do the things that please your sinful selves. But serve each other with love.

Ephesians 6:14

So stand strong, with the belt of truth tied around your waist. And on your chest wear the protection of right living.

Philippians 1:27

Be sure that you live in a way that fits the Good News {\cf2\super [11]} of Christ. Then if I come and visit you or if I am away from you, I will hear good things about you. I will hear that you continue strong with the same purpose and work together like a team for the faith (truth) that comes from the Good News.

1 Thessalonians 3:8

Our life is really full if you stand strong in the Lord.

2 Thessalonians 2:15

So, brothers and sisters, stand strong and continue to believe the teachings we gave you. We taught you those things in our speaking and in our letter to you.

Hebrews 10:23

We should hold strongly to the hope that we have. And we should never fail to tell people about our hope. We can trust God to do what he promised.

Hebrews 3:14

We all share together with Christ. This is true if we continue until the end to have the sure faith we had in the beginning.

Hebrews 3:6

But Christ is faithful in ruling God’s house like a Son. We \{believers\} are God’s house (family). We are God’s house if we continue to be sure and proud of the great hope we have.

1 Peter 2:16

Live like free men. But don’t use your freedom as an excuse to do evil. Live like you are serving God.

2 Peter 2:19

These false teachers promise that those people will have freedom. But the false teachers themselves are not free. They are slaves of things that will be destroyed. A person is a slave to the thing that controls him.

Revelation 2:25

Only continue the way you are until I come.

Revelation 3:3

So don’t forget what you have received and heard. Obey it. Change your hearts and lives! You must wake up, or I will come to you \{and surprise you\} like a thief. You will not know when I will come.