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Galatians 2:4

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That question came up because some false believers had slipped in among us to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus. They wanted to make us slaves again.

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Certain people have secretly slipped in among you. Long ago it was written that they would be found guilty. They’re ungodly people who misuse the grace of our God as an excuse for sexual sins. They deny Jesus Christ, our only Lord and King.

Christ has set us free so that we can be free. So stand firm, and don’t let anyone make you a slave again.

It’s the same with us. When we were children, we were slaves to the basic spiritual powers of the world.

I’ve had to keep on the move constantly. I’ve been in danger from rivers, in danger from robbers, in danger from my fellow Jews, and in danger from Gentiles. I’ve been in danger in the city, in the country, and at sea. I’ve been in danger from people who pretended they were believers.

Dear friends, don’t believe every spirit. Instead, test the spirits to see if they are from God. Many false prophets have gone out into the world.

They promise to give them freedom, but they themselves are slaves to depravity. That’s because “people are slaves to anything that controls them.”

They’re the kind of people who take advantage of vulnerable women. They get into their homes and get control over them. These women are already struggling with wrong behaviors they can’t stop giving in to.

I’m confident in the Lord that you won’t see this any other way. The people who are getting you so confused will be punished for that, no matter who they are.

In fact, you even put up with anyone who makes you a slave or uses you or takes advantage of you. You put up with those who claim to be better than you, and even with those who slap you in the face.

People like that are false apostles and dishonest workers. They’re only pretending to be apostles of Christ.

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

Even some of your own people will rise up and twist the truth to get disciples to follow them.

We’ve heard that some of our people came and bothered and upset you by things they said. But they came without any authority from us.

Certain people came down from Judea to Antioch and started teaching the believers, “If you aren’t circumcised the way Moses commanded, you can’t be saved.”

Live as free people, but don’t use your freedom to cover up evil. Live as people who are God’s slaves.

Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia. She is like the earthly city of Jerusalem, because she and her children are slaves.

When I brag about myself like this, I’m not talking the way the Lord would. I’m talking like a fool.

The Spirit you received doesn’t make you slaves who live in fear again. Instead, the Spirit you received has made you God’s genuine child by adoption. And the Spirit leads us to call out to God, “Abba, Father.”

which is not good news at all. It seems that some people have gotten you all confused by twisting the good news about Christ.

But if someone takes a good look at the perfect law that gives freedom, if they keep looking at it and don’t forget what they’ve heard but do it, then that person will be blessed in what they do.

No, new wine has to be poured into new wineskins.




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