Galatians 2:4

Modern English Version

This happened because false brothers were secretly brought in, who sneaked in to spy out our liberty, which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage.

Cross References

Psalm 119:45

And I will walk at liberty, for I seek Your precepts.

Psalm 51:12

Restore unto me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me with Your willing spirit.

Isaiah 51:23

But I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you, who have said to you, “Lie down that we may walk over you.” And you have laid your back as the ground and as the street for those who walk on it.

Luke 5:38

But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved.

Acts 15:1

Some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised in the tradition of Moses, you cannot be saved.”

Acts 15:24

Since we have heard that some of us, whom we did not commission, have gone out and have troubled you with words, unsettling your minds, saying, “You must be circumcised and keep the law,”

Acts 20:30

Even from among you men will arise speaking perverse things, to draw the disciples away after them.

Romans 8:15

For you have not received the spirit of slavery again to fear. But you have received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba, Father.”

2 Corinthians 11:13

For such are false apostles and deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

2 Corinthians 11:17

What I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

2 Corinthians 11:20

For you permit it if a man brings you into bondage, if a man devours you, if a man takes from you, if a man exalts himself, or if a man strikes you on the face.

2 Corinthians 11:26

in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by my own countrymen, in perils by the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brothers;

2 Corinthians 3:17

Now the Lord is the Spirit. And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

Galatians 1:7

which is not a gospel. But there are some who trouble you and would pervert the gospel of Christ.

Galatians 4:25

Now this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and represents the present Jerusalem, and is in bondage with her children.

Galatians 4:3

So when we were children, we were in bondage to the elements of the world.

Galatians 5:1

Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has set us free, and be not entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

Galatians 5:10

I have confidence in you through the Lord that you will not think otherwise. But he who is troubling you shall bear his judgment, whoever he is.

2 Timothy 3:6

Those of this nature creep into houses and captivate weak women who are burdened with sins and led away with various desires,

James 1:25

But whoever looks into the perfect law of liberty, and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in his deeds.

1 Peter 2:16

As free people, do not use your liberty as a covering for evil, but live as servants of God.

2 Peter 2:19

Although they promise them freedom, they themselves are slaves of corruption, for by that which a man is overcome, to this he is enslaved.

1 John 4:1

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Jude 1:4

For there are some men who secretly crept in, who were marked long ago for this condemnation. They are ungodly men, who pervert the grace of our God into immorality and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.