Galatians 2:4 因为有偷着引进来的假弟兄，私下窥探我们在基督耶稣里的自由，要叫我们作奴仆。

2:4 MSG

逐节对照

新标点和合本 - 因为有偷着引进来的假弟兄，私下窥探我们在基督耶稣里的自由，要叫我们作奴仆。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 因为有偷着混进来的假弟兄，暗中窥探我们在基督耶稣里拥有的自由，要使我们作奴隶，
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 因为有偷着混进来的假弟兄，暗中窥探我们在基督耶稣里拥有的自由，要使我们作奴隶，
当代译本 - 事情的缘由是因为有一些假信徒偷偷混了进来，要窥探我们在基督耶稣里享有的自由，想叫我们做律法的奴隶。
圣经新译本 - 这是因为有些混进来的假弟兄，暗暗地来侦查我们在基督耶稣里享有的自由，为的是要辖制我们。
中文标准译本 - 其实提到这件事，是因着一些偷偷进来的假弟兄的缘故；他们混进来窥视我们在基督耶稣里所拥有的自由，为了要奴役我们。
现代标点和合本 - 因为有偷着引进来的假弟兄，私下窥探我们在基督耶稣里的自由，要叫我们做奴仆。
和合本（拼音版） - 因为有偷着引进来的假弟兄，私下窥探我们在基督耶稣里的自由，要叫我们作奴仆。
New International Version - This matter arose because some false believers had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus and to make us slaves.
New International Reader's Version - This matter came up because some people had slipped in among us. They had pretended to be believers. They wanted to find out about the freedom we have because we belong to Christ Jesus. They wanted to make us slaves again.
English Standard Version - Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in—who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery—
New Living Translation - Even that question came up only because of some so-called believers there—false ones, really —who were secretly brought in. They sneaked in to spy on us and take away the freedom we have in Christ Jesus. They wanted to enslave us and force us to follow their Jewish regulations.
Christian Standard Bible - This matter arose because some false brothers had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus in order to enslave us.
New American Standard Bible - Yet it was a concern because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who had sneaked in to spy on our freedom which we have in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.
New King James Version - And this occurred because of false brethren secretly brought in (who came in by stealth to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage),
Amplified Bible - My concern was because of the false brothers [those people masquerading as Christians] who had been secretly smuggled in [to the community of believers]. They had slipped in to spy on the freedom which we have in Christ Jesus, in order to bring us back into bondage [under the Law of Moses].
American Standard Version - and that because of the false brethren privily brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
King James Version - And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
New English Translation - Now this matter arose because of the false brothers with false pretenses who slipped in unnoticed to spy on our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, to make us slaves.
World English Bible - This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage,
新標點和合本 - 因為有偷着引進來的假弟兄，私下窺探我們在基督耶穌裏的自由，要叫我們作奴僕。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 因為有偷着混進來的假弟兄，暗中窺探我們在基督耶穌裏擁有的自由，要使我們作奴隸，
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 因為有偷着混進來的假弟兄，暗中窺探我們在基督耶穌裏擁有的自由，要使我們作奴隸，
當代譯本 - 事情的緣由是因為有一些假信徒偷偷混了進來，要窺探我們在基督耶穌裡享有的自由，想叫我們做律法的奴隸。
聖經新譯本 - 這是因為有些混進來的假弟兄，暗暗地來偵查我們在基督耶穌裡享有的自由，為的是要轄制我們。
呂振中譯本 - 並且為了那些私下引進來的假弟兄的緣故、就是那些溜進來要窺探我們在基督耶穌裏所有的自由、要壓制我們做奴隸的——
中文標準譯本 - 其實提到這件事，是因著一些偷偷進來的假弟兄的緣故；他們混進來窺視我們在基督耶穌裡所擁有的自由，為了要奴役我們。
現代標點和合本 - 因為有偷著引進來的假弟兄，私下窺探我們在基督耶穌裡的自由，要叫我們做奴僕。
文理和合譯本 - 因有私引之偽兄弟潛入、窺我儕於基督耶穌所得之自由、欲僕我儕、
文理委辦譯本 - 有偽兄弟數人私入、窺我宗基督耶穌、而得自由、欲僕我、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 此因彼私入教會之偽兄弟、私來窺我儕信耶穌基督而得之自由、欲使我為奴、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 惟時頗有偽兄弟者、私自混入同道、蓄意偵伺吾人托庇耶穌基督所享之自由、欲引吾人復墮奴隸之域。
Nueva Versión Internacional - El problema era que algunos falsos hermanos se habían infiltrado entre nosotros para coartar la libertad que tenemos en Cristo Jesús a fin de esclavizarnos.
현대인의 성경 - 내가 이렇게 한 것은 몰래 들어온 거짓 형제들 때문이었습니다. 그들은 몰래 들어와 그리스도 예수님 안에서 우리가 가진 자유를 엿보고 우리를 다시 율법의 종으로 삼으려고 했습니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - А вопрос этот был поднят лжебратьями, которые скрытно проникли в нашу среду, желая лишить нас той свободы, которую мы получили во Христе Иисусе, и опять поработить нас.
Восточный перевод - А вопрос этот был поднят лжебратьями, которые скрытно проникли в нашу среду, желая лишить нас той свободы, которую мы получили в Исе Масихе, и опять поработить нас.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - А вопрос этот был поднят лжебратьями, которые скрытно проникли в нашу среду, желая лишить нас той свободы, которую мы получили в Исе аль-Масихе, и опять поработить нас.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - А вопрос этот был поднят лжебратьями, которые скрытно проникли в нашу среду, желая лишить нас той свободы, которую мы получили в Исо Масехе, и опять поработить нас.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Et cela, malgré la présence de faux frères, des intrus qui s’étaient infiltrés dans nos rangs pour espionner la liberté dont nous jouissons dans notre union avec Jésus-Christ. Ils voulaient faire de nous des esclaves.
リビングバイブル - だいたいこの問題は、偽クリスチャンさえもぐり込んで来なければ、生じなかったのです。実は、彼らはスパイのように偵察し、私たちがキリスト・イエスを信じて得た自由がどんなものか、また、はたしてユダヤ教のおきてに従っているかどうかを探ろうとしていたのです。奴隷を鎖でつなぐように、彼らの規則で私たちをがんじがらめにしようとたくらんだのです。
Nestle Aland 28 - διὰ δὲ τοὺς παρεισάκτους ψευδαδέλφους, οἵτινες παρεισῆλθον κατασκοπῆσαι τὴν ἐλευθερίαν ἡμῶν ἣν ἔχομεν ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, ἵνα ἡμᾶς καταδουλώσουσιν,
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - διὰ δὲ τοὺς παρεισάκτους ψευδαδέλφους, οἵτινες παρεισῆλθον κατασκοπῆσαι τὴν ἐλευθερίαν ἡμῶν, ἣν ἔχομεν ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, ἵνα ἡμᾶς καταδουλώσουσιν;
Nova Versão Internacional - Essa questão foi levantada porque alguns falsos irmãos infiltraram-se em nosso meio para espionar a liberdade que temos em Cristo Jesus e nos reduzir à escravidão.
Hoffnung für alle - Die Frage der Beschneidung wäre überhaupt nicht zum Problem geworden, hätten sich da nicht einige angebliche Christen hinter meinem Rücken in die Gemeinde eingeschlichen. Sie hegten ein tiefes Misstrauen gegenüber der Freiheit, die uns Jesus Christus schenkt, und wollten uns wieder dem jüdischen Gesetz unterwerfen.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Tuy nhiên, một số tín hữu giả mạo đã trà trộn vào Hội Thánh để do thám chúng ta, xem chúng ta được tự do trong Chúa Cứu Thế Giê-xu như thế nào. Họ nhằm mục đích trói buộc chúng ta vào luật lệ của họ, chẳng khác gì bắt chúng ta làm nô lệ.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เรื่องนี้ลุกลามขึ้นมาเพราะพี่น้องจอมปลอมบางคนที่แทรกซึมเข้ามาในหมู่เรา เพื่อสืบดูเสรีภาพที่เรามีในพระเยซูคริสต์และเพื่อจะทำให้เราเป็นทาส
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แม้กระนั้นก็ยังมีบางคนที่ได้เป็นพี่น้องจอมปลอม แต่ก็ได้แอบมาสอดแนมดูความเป็นอิสระของเราที่มีในพระเยซูคริสต์ เพื่อจะทำให้เราตกอยู่ภายใต้ความเป็นทาส

交叉引用

2 Peter 2:1 - But there were also lying prophets among the people then, just as there will be lying religious teachers among you. They’ll smuggle in destructive divisions, pitting you against each other—biting the hand of the One who gave them a chance to have their lives back! They’ve put themselves on a fast downhill slide to destruction, but not before they recruit a crowd of mixed-up followers who can’t tell right from wrong.
2 Peter 2:2 - They give the way of truth a bad name. They’re only out for themselves. They’ll say anything, anything, that sounds good to exploit you. They won’t, of course, get by with it. They’ll come to a bad end, for God has never just stood by and let that kind of thing go on.
1 John 4:1 - My dear friends, don’t believe everything you hear. Carefully weigh and examine what people tell you. Not everyone who talks about God comes from God. There are a lot of lying preachers loose in the world.
2 Timothy 3:6 - These are the kind of people who smooth-talk themselves into the homes of unstable and needy women and take advantage of them; women who, depressed by their sinfulness, take up with every new religious fad that calls itself “truth.” They get exploited every time and never really learn. These men are like those old Egyptian frauds Jannes and Jambres, who challenged Moses. They were rejects from the faith, twisted in their thinking, defying truth itself. But nothing will come of these latest impostors. Everyone will see through them, just as people saw through that Egyptian hoax.
John 8:31 - Then Jesus turned to the Jews who had claimed to believe in him. “If you stick with this, living out what I tell you, you are my disciples for sure. Then you will experience for yourselves the truth, and the truth will free you.”
John 8:33 - Surprised, they said, “But we’re descendants of Abraham. We’ve never been slaves to anyone. How can you say, ‘The truth will free you’?”
John 8:34 - Jesus said, “I tell you most solemnly that anyone who chooses a life of sin is trapped in a dead-end life and is, in fact, a slave. A slave can’t come and go at will. The Son, though, has an established position, the run of the house. So if the Son sets you free, you are free through and through. I know you are Abraham’s descendants. But I also know that you are trying to kill me because my message hasn’t yet penetrated your thick skulls. I’m talking about things I have seen while keeping company with the Father, and you just go on doing what you have heard from your father.”
Galatians 3:23 - Until the time when we were mature enough to respond freely in faith to the living God, we were carefully surrounded and protected by the Mosaic law. The law was like those Greek tutors, with which you are familiar, who escort children to school and protect them from danger or distraction, making sure the children will really get to the place they set out for.
Galatians 3:25 - But now you have arrived at your destination: By faith in Christ you are in direct relationship with God. Your baptism in Christ was not just washing you up for a fresh start. It also involved dressing you in an adult faith wardrobe—Christ’s life, the fulfillment of God’s original promise.
Romans 8:15 - This resurrection life you received from God is not a timid, grave-tending life. It’s adventurously expectant, greeting God with a childlike “What’s next, Papa?” God’s Spirit touches our spirits and confirms who we really are. We know who he is, and we know who we are: Father and children. And we know we are going to get what’s coming to us—an unbelievable inheritance! We go through exactly what Christ goes through. If we go through the hard times with him, then we’re certainly going to go through the good times with him! * * *
Galatians 5:13 - It is absolutely clear that God has called you to a free life. Just make sure that you don’t use this freedom as an excuse to do whatever you want to do and destroy your freedom. Rather, use your freedom to serve one another in love; that’s how freedom grows. For everything we know about God’s Word is summed up in a single sentence: Love others as you love yourself. That’s an act of true freedom. If you bite and ravage each other, watch out—in no time at all you will be annihilating each other, and where will your precious freedom be then?
Acts 15:1 - It wasn’t long before some Jews showed up from Judea insisting that everyone be circumcised: “If you’re not circumcised in the Mosaic fashion, you can’t be saved.” Paul and Barnabas were up on their feet at once in fierce protest. The church decided to resolve the matter by sending Paul, Barnabas, and a few others to put it before the apostles and leaders in Jerusalem.
Acts 15:24 - We heard that some men from our church went to you and said things that confused and upset you. Mind you, they had no authority from us; we didn’t send them. We have agreed unanimously to pick representatives and send them to you with our good friends Barnabas and Paul. We picked men we knew you could trust, Judas and Silas—they’ve looked death in the face time and again for the sake of our Master Jesus Christ. We’ve sent them to confirm in a face-to-face meeting with you what we’ve written.
Galatians 5:1 - Christ has set us free to live a free life. So take your stand! Never again let anyone put a harness of slavery on you.

逐节对照

交叉引用

新标点和合本 - 因为有偷着引进来的假弟兄，私下窥探我们在基督耶稣里的自由，要叫我们作奴仆。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 因为有偷着混进来的假弟兄，暗中窥探我们在基督耶稣里拥有的自由，要使我们作奴隶，
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 因为有偷着混进来的假弟兄，暗中窥探我们在基督耶稣里拥有的自由，要使我们作奴隶，
当代译本 - 事情的缘由是因为有一些假信徒偷偷混了进来，要窥探我们在基督耶稣里享有的自由，想叫我们做律法的奴隶。
圣经新译本 - 这是因为有些混进来的假弟兄，暗暗地来侦查我们在基督耶稣里享有的自由，为的是要辖制我们。
中文标准译本 - 其实提到这件事，是因着一些偷偷进来的假弟兄的缘故；他们混进来窥视我们在基督耶稣里所拥有的自由，为了要奴役我们。
现代标点和合本 - 因为有偷着引进来的假弟兄，私下窥探我们在基督耶稣里的自由，要叫我们做奴仆。
和合本（拼音版） - 因为有偷着引进来的假弟兄，私下窥探我们在基督耶稣里的自由，要叫我们作奴仆。
New International Version - This matter arose because some false believers had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus and to make us slaves.
New International Reader's Version - This matter came up because some people had slipped in among us. They had pretended to be believers. They wanted to find out about the freedom we have because we belong to Christ Jesus. They wanted to make us slaves again.
English Standard Version - Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in—who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery—
New Living Translation - Even that question came up only because of some so-called believers there—false ones, really —who were secretly brought in. They sneaked in to spy on us and take away the freedom we have in Christ Jesus. They wanted to enslave us and force us to follow their Jewish regulations.
Christian Standard Bible - This matter arose because some false brothers had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus in order to enslave us.
New American Standard Bible - Yet it was a concern because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who had sneaked in to spy on our freedom which we have in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.
New King James Version - And this occurred because of false brethren secretly brought in (who came in by stealth to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage),
Amplified Bible - My concern was because of the false brothers [those people masquerading as Christians] who had been secretly smuggled in [to the community of believers]. They had slipped in to spy on the freedom which we have in Christ Jesus, in order to bring us back into bondage [under the Law of Moses].
American Standard Version - and that because of the false brethren privily brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
King James Version - And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
New English Translation - Now this matter arose because of the false brothers with false pretenses who slipped in unnoticed to spy on our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, to make us slaves.
World English Bible - This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage,
新標點和合本 - 因為有偷着引進來的假弟兄，私下窺探我們在基督耶穌裏的自由，要叫我們作奴僕。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 因為有偷着混進來的假弟兄，暗中窺探我們在基督耶穌裏擁有的自由，要使我們作奴隸，
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 因為有偷着混進來的假弟兄，暗中窺探我們在基督耶穌裏擁有的自由，要使我們作奴隸，
當代譯本 - 事情的緣由是因為有一些假信徒偷偷混了進來，要窺探我們在基督耶穌裡享有的自由，想叫我們做律法的奴隸。
聖經新譯本 - 這是因為有些混進來的假弟兄，暗暗地來偵查我們在基督耶穌裡享有的自由，為的是要轄制我們。
呂振中譯本 - 並且為了那些私下引進來的假弟兄的緣故、就是那些溜進來要窺探我們在基督耶穌裏所有的自由、要壓制我們做奴隸的——
中文標準譯本 - 其實提到這件事，是因著一些偷偷進來的假弟兄的緣故；他們混進來窺視我們在基督耶穌裡所擁有的自由，為了要奴役我們。
現代標點和合本 - 因為有偷著引進來的假弟兄，私下窺探我們在基督耶穌裡的自由，要叫我們做奴僕。
文理和合譯本 - 因有私引之偽兄弟潛入、窺我儕於基督耶穌所得之自由、欲僕我儕、
文理委辦譯本 - 有偽兄弟數人私入、窺我宗基督耶穌、而得自由、欲僕我、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 此因彼私入教會之偽兄弟、私來窺我儕信耶穌基督而得之自由、欲使我為奴、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 惟時頗有偽兄弟者、私自混入同道、蓄意偵伺吾人托庇耶穌基督所享之自由、欲引吾人復墮奴隸之域。
Nueva Versión Internacional - El problema era que algunos falsos hermanos se habían infiltrado entre nosotros para coartar la libertad que tenemos en Cristo Jesús a fin de esclavizarnos.
현대인의 성경 - 내가 이렇게 한 것은 몰래 들어온 거짓 형제들 때문이었습니다. 그들은 몰래 들어와 그리스도 예수님 안에서 우리가 가진 자유를 엿보고 우리를 다시 율법의 종으로 삼으려고 했습니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - А вопрос этот был поднят лжебратьями, которые скрытно проникли в нашу среду, желая лишить нас той свободы, которую мы получили во Христе Иисусе, и опять поработить нас.
Восточный перевод - А вопрос этот был поднят лжебратьями, которые скрытно проникли в нашу среду, желая лишить нас той свободы, которую мы получили в Исе Масихе, и опять поработить нас.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - А вопрос этот был поднят лжебратьями, которые скрытно проникли в нашу среду, желая лишить нас той свободы, которую мы получили в Исе аль-Масихе, и опять поработить нас.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - А вопрос этот был поднят лжебратьями, которые скрытно проникли в нашу среду, желая лишить нас той свободы, которую мы получили в Исо Масехе, и опять поработить нас.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Et cela, malgré la présence de faux frères, des intrus qui s’étaient infiltrés dans nos rangs pour espionner la liberté dont nous jouissons dans notre union avec Jésus-Christ. Ils voulaient faire de nous des esclaves.
リビングバイブル - だいたいこの問題は、偽クリスチャンさえもぐり込んで来なければ、生じなかったのです。実は、彼らはスパイのように偵察し、私たちがキリスト・イエスを信じて得た自由がどんなものか、また、はたしてユダヤ教のおきてに従っているかどうかを探ろうとしていたのです。奴隷を鎖でつなぐように、彼らの規則で私たちをがんじがらめにしようとたくらんだのです。
Nestle Aland 28 - διὰ δὲ τοὺς παρεισάκτους ψευδαδέλφους, οἵτινες παρεισῆλθον κατασκοπῆσαι τὴν ἐλευθερίαν ἡμῶν ἣν ἔχομεν ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, ἵνα ἡμᾶς καταδουλώσουσιν,
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - διὰ δὲ τοὺς παρεισάκτους ψευδαδέλφους, οἵτινες παρεισῆλθον κατασκοπῆσαι τὴν ἐλευθερίαν ἡμῶν, ἣν ἔχομεν ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, ἵνα ἡμᾶς καταδουλώσουσιν;
Nova Versão Internacional - Essa questão foi levantada porque alguns falsos irmãos infiltraram-se em nosso meio para espionar a liberdade que temos em Cristo Jesus e nos reduzir à escravidão.
Hoffnung für alle - Die Frage der Beschneidung wäre überhaupt nicht zum Problem geworden, hätten sich da nicht einige angebliche Christen hinter meinem Rücken in die Gemeinde eingeschlichen. Sie hegten ein tiefes Misstrauen gegenüber der Freiheit, die uns Jesus Christus schenkt, und wollten uns wieder dem jüdischen Gesetz unterwerfen.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Tuy nhiên, một số tín hữu giả mạo đã trà trộn vào Hội Thánh để do thám chúng ta, xem chúng ta được tự do trong Chúa Cứu Thế Giê-xu như thế nào. Họ nhằm mục đích trói buộc chúng ta vào luật lệ của họ, chẳng khác gì bắt chúng ta làm nô lệ.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เรื่องนี้ลุกลามขึ้นมาเพราะพี่น้องจอมปลอมบางคนที่แทรกซึมเข้ามาในหมู่เรา เพื่อสืบดูเสรีภาพที่เรามีในพระเยซูคริสต์และเพื่อจะทำให้เราเป็นทาส
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แม้กระนั้นก็ยังมีบางคนที่ได้เป็นพี่น้องจอมปลอม แต่ก็ได้แอบมาสอดแนมดูความเป็นอิสระของเราที่มีในพระเยซูคริสต์ เพื่อจะทำให้เราตกอยู่ภายใต้ความเป็นทาส

2 Peter 2:1 - But there were also lying prophets among the people then, just as there will be lying religious teachers among you. They’ll smuggle in destructive divisions, pitting you against each other—biting the hand of the One who gave them a chance to have their lives back! They’ve put themselves on a fast downhill slide to destruction, but not before they recruit a crowd of mixed-up followers who can’t tell right from wrong.
2 Peter 2:2 - They give the way of truth a bad name. They’re only out for themselves. They’ll say anything, anything, that sounds good to exploit you. They won’t, of course, get by with it. They’ll come to a bad end, for God has never just stood by and let that kind of thing go on.
1 John 4:1 - My dear friends, don’t believe everything you hear. Carefully weigh and examine what people tell you. Not everyone who talks about God comes from God. There are a lot of lying preachers loose in the world.
2 Timothy 3:6 - These are the kind of people who smooth-talk themselves into the homes of unstable and needy women and take advantage of them; women who, depressed by their sinfulness, take up with every new religious fad that calls itself “truth.” They get exploited every time and never really learn. These men are like those old Egyptian frauds Jannes and Jambres, who challenged Moses. They were rejects from the faith, twisted in their thinking, defying truth itself. But nothing will come of these latest impostors. Everyone will see through them, just as people saw through that Egyptian hoax.
John 8:31 - Then Jesus turned to the Jews who had claimed to believe in him. “If you stick with this, living out what I tell you, you are my disciples for sure. Then you will experience for yourselves the truth, and the truth will free you.”
John 8:33 - Surprised, they said, “But we’re descendants of Abraham. We’ve never been slaves to anyone. How can you say, ‘The truth will free you’?”
John 8:34 - Jesus said, “I tell you most solemnly that anyone who chooses a life of sin is trapped in a dead-end life and is, in fact, a slave. A slave can’t come and go at will. The Son, though, has an established position, the run of the house. So if the Son sets you free, you are free through and through. I know you are Abraham’s descendants. But I also know that you are trying to kill me because my message hasn’t yet penetrated your thick skulls. I’m talking about things I have seen while keeping company with the Father, and you just go on doing what you have heard from your father.”
Galatians 3:23 - Until the time when we were mature enough to respond freely in faith to the living God, we were carefully surrounded and protected by the Mosaic law. The law was like those Greek tutors, with which you are familiar, who escort children to school and protect them from danger or distraction, making sure the children will really get to the place they set out for.
Galatians 3:25 - But now you have arrived at your destination: By faith in Christ you are in direct relationship with God. Your baptism in Christ was not just washing you up for a fresh start. It also involved dressing you in an adult faith wardrobe—Christ’s life, the fulfillment of God’s original promise.
Romans 8:15 - This resurrection life you received from God is not a timid, grave-tending life. It’s adventurously expectant, greeting God with a childlike “What’s next, Papa?” God’s Spirit touches our spirits and confirms who we really are. We know who he is, and we know who we are: Father and children. And we know we are going to get what’s coming to us—an unbelievable inheritance! We go through exactly what Christ goes through. If we go through the hard times with him, then we’re certainly going to go through the good times with him! * * *
Galatians 5:13 - It is absolutely clear that God has called you to a free life. Just make sure that you don’t use this freedom as an excuse to do whatever you want to do and destroy your freedom. Rather, use your freedom to serve one another in love; that’s how freedom grows. For everything we know about God’s Word is summed up in a single sentence: Love others as you love yourself. That’s an act of true freedom. If you bite and ravage each other, watch out—in no time at all you will be annihilating each other, and where will your precious freedom be then?
Acts 15:1 - It wasn’t long before some Jews showed up from Judea insisting that everyone be circumcised: “If you’re not circumcised in the Mosaic fashion, you can’t be saved.” Paul and Barnabas were up on their feet at once in fierce protest. The church decided to resolve the matter by sending Paul, Barnabas, and a few others to put it before the apostles and leaders in Jerusalem.
Acts 15:24 - We heard that some men from our church went to you and said things that confused and upset you. Mind you, they had no authority from us; we didn’t send them. We have agreed unanimously to pick representatives and send them to you with our good friends Barnabas and Paul. We picked men we knew you could trust, Judas and Silas—they’ve looked death in the face time and again for the sake of our Master Jesus Christ. We’ve sent them to confirm in a face-to-face meeting with you what we’ve written.
Galatians 5:1 - Christ has set us free to live a free life. So take your stand! Never again let anyone put a harness of slavery on you.