Galatians 5:1

New Century Version

We have freedom now, because Christ made us free. So stand strong. Do not change and go back into the slavery of the law.

Cross References

Psalm 51:12

Give me back the joy of your salvation. Keep me strong by giving me a willing spirit.

Proverbs 23:23

Learn the truth and never reject it. Get wisdom, self-control, and understanding.

Isaiah 61:1

The Lord God has put his Spirit in me, because the Lord has appointed me to tell the good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort those whose hearts are broken, to tell the captives they are free, and to tell the prisoners they are released.

Matthew 23:4

They make strict rules and try to force people to obey them, but they are unwilling to help those who struggle under the weight of their rules.

Luke 5:38

New wine must be put into new leather bags.

Acts 15:10

So now why are you testing God by putting a heavy load around the necks of the non-Jewish believers? It is a load that neither we nor our ancestors were able to carry.

Romans 6:14

Sin will not be your master, because you are not under law but under God’s grace.

Romans 6:18

You were made free from sin, and now you are slaves to goodness.

Romans 7:3

But if she marries another man while her husband is still alive, the law says she is guilty of adultery. But if her husband dies, she is free from the law of marriage. Then if she marries another man, 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 with the Spirit, and not in the old way with written rules.

Romans 8:15

The Spirit we received does not make us slaves again to fear; it makes us children of God. With that Spirit we cry out, “Father.”

Romans 8:2

Through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit that brings life made you free from the law that brings sin and death.

1 Corinthians 15:58

So my dear brothers and sisters, stand strong. Do not let anything move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your work in the Lord is never wasted.

1 Corinthians 16:13

Be alert. Continue strong in the faith. Have courage, and be strong.

1 Corinthians 7:22

Those who were slaves when the Lord called them are free persons who belong to the Lord. In the same way, those who were free when they were called are now Christ’s slaves.

2 Corinthians 11:20

You are even patient with those who order you around, or use you, or 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 2:4

We talked about this problem because some false believers had come into our group secretly. They came in like spies to overturn the freedom we have in Christ Jesus. They wanted to make us slaves.

Galatians 3:25

Now the way of faith has come, and we no longer live under a guardian.

Galatians 4:26

But the heavenly Jerusalem, which is above, is like the free woman. She is our mother.

Galatians 4:31

So, my brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman, but 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 do not use your freedom as an excuse to do what pleases your sinful self. Serve each other with love.

Ephesians 6:14

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

Philippians 1:27

Only one thing concerns me: Be sure that you live in a way that brings honor to the Good News of Christ. Then whether I come and visit you or am away from you, I will hear that you are standing strong with one purpose, that you work together as one for the faith of 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 in our speaking and in our letter.

Hebrews 10:23

Let us hold firmly to the hope that we have confessed, because we can trust God to do what he promised.

Hebrews 3:14

We all share in Christ if we keep till the end the sure faith we had in the beginning.

Hebrews 3:6

But Christ is faithful as a Son over God’s house. And we are God’s house if we confidently maintain our hope.

Hebrews 4:14

Since we have a great high priest, Jesus the Son of God, who has gone into heaven, let us hold on to the faith we have.

1 Peter 2:16

Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as an excuse to do evil. Live as servants of God.

2 Peter 2:19

They promise them freedom, but they themselves are not free. They are slaves of things that will be destroyed. For people are slaves of anything that controls them.

Jude 1:3

Dear friends, I wanted very much to write you about the salvation we all share. But I felt the need to write you about something else: I want to encourage you to fight hard for the faith that was given the holy people of God once and for all time.

Revelation 2:25

Only continue in your loyalty until I come.

Revelation 3:3

So do not forget what you have received and heard. Obey it, and change your hearts and lives. So you must wake up, or I will come like a thief, and you will not know when I will come to you.