Galatians 5:1 It was for this freedom that Christ set us free [completely liberating us]; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery [wh...

5:1 AMP

逐节对照

Amplified Bible - It was for this freedom that Christ set us free [completely liberating us]; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery [which you once removed].
新标点和合本 - 基督释放了我们，叫我们得以自由。所以要站立得稳，不要再被奴仆的轭挟制。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 基督释放了我们，为使我们得自由。所以要站稳了，不要再被奴隶的轭挟制。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 基督释放了我们，为使我们得自由。所以要站稳了，不要再被奴隶的轭挟制。
当代译本 - 基督释放了我们，好让我们得自由。所以，要站稳了，不要再被奴仆的轭辖制。
圣经新译本 - 基督释放了我们，为了要使我们得自由。所以你们要站立得稳，不要再被奴役的轭控制。
中文标准译本 - 基督释放了我们，使我们得自由。所以你们当站立得稳，不要再被奴役的轭所束缚。
现代标点和合本 - 基督释放了我们，叫我们得以自由，所以要站立得稳，不要再被奴仆的轭挟制。
和合本（拼音版） - 基督释放了我们，叫我们得以自由，所以要站立得稳，不要再被奴仆的轭挟制。
New International Version - It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
New International Reader's Version - Christ has set us free to enjoy our freedom. So remain strong in the faith. Don’t let the chains of slavery hold you again.
English Standard Version - For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
New Living Translation - So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law.
The Message - 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.
Christian Standard Bible - For freedom, Christ set us free. Stand firm, then, and don’t submit again to a yoke of slavery.
New American Standard Bible - It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.
New King James Version - Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
American Standard Version - For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.
King James Version - Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
New English Translation - For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery.
World English Bible - Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
新標點和合本 - 基督釋放了我們，叫我們得以自由。所以要站立得穩，不要再被奴僕的軛挾制。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 基督釋放了我們，為使我們得自由。所以要站穩了，不要再被奴隸的軛挾制。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 基督釋放了我們，為使我們得自由。所以要站穩了，不要再被奴隸的軛挾制。
當代譯本 - 基督釋放了我們，好讓我們得自由。所以，要站穩了，不要再被奴僕的軛轄制。
聖經新譯本 - 基督釋放了我們，為了要使我們得自由。所以你們要站立得穩，不要再被奴役的軛控制。
呂振中譯本 - 基督釋放了我們得自主了。所以你們要站穩，別再被奴役之軛纏住了。
中文標準譯本 - 基督釋放了我們，使我們得自由。所以你們當站立得穩，不要再被奴役的軛所束縛。
現代標點和合本 - 基督釋放了我們，叫我們得以自由，所以要站立得穩，不要再被奴僕的軛挾制。
文理和合譯本 - 基督既釋我儕而得自由、故宜堅立、勿再負為僕之軛、
文理委辦譯本 - 基督賜我自由、我當賴之以立、勿復為奴、而脫於軛、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 基督既釋我以得自由、則當堅立、勿復服為奴之軛、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 夫基督之予吾人以解放也、其非欲吾人享受自由乎？故吾儕當確立不移、不宜妄自菲薄、復入奴隸之軛也。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Cristo nos libertó para que vivamos en libertad. Por lo tanto, manténganse firmes y no se sometan nuevamente al yugo de esclavitud.
현대인의 성경 - 그리스도께서 우리를 해방시켜 자유의 몸이 되게 하셨으니 여러분은 굳게 서서 다시는 종노릇 하지 마십시오.
Новый Русский Перевод - Христос освободил нас, чтобы мы были свободными. Поэтому стойте твердо и не подвергайтесь вновь рабству.
Восточный перевод - Масих освободил нас, чтобы мы были свободными. Поэтому стойте твёрдо и не подвергайтесь вновь рабству Закона.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Аль-Масих освободил нас, чтобы мы были свободными. Поэтому стойте твёрдо и не подвергайтесь вновь рабству Закона.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Масех освободил нас, чтобы мы были свободными. Поэтому стойте твёрдо и не подвергайтесь вновь рабству Закона.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Christ nous a rendus libres pour que nous connaissions la vraie liberté. C’est pourquoi tenez bon et ne vous mettez pas à nouveau sous le joug de l’esclavage.
リビングバイブル - このように、キリストは私たちを自由の身にしてくださいました。ですから、この自由をしっかりと握っていなさい。もう二度と、律法にがんじがらめになった奴隷とならないよう、細心の注意をはらいなさい。
Nestle Aland 28 - Τῇ ἐλευθερίᾳ ἡμᾶς Χριστὸς ἠλευθέρωσεν· στήκετε οὖν καὶ μὴ πάλιν ζυγῷ δουλείας ἐνέχεσθε.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - τῇ ἐλευθερίᾳ, ἡμᾶς Χριστὸς ἠλευθέρωσεν; στήκετε οὖν, καὶ μὴ πάλιν ζυγῷ δουλείας ἐνέχεσθε.
Nova Versão Internacional - Foi para a liberdade que Cristo nos libertou. Portanto, permaneçam firmes e não se deixem submeter novamente a um jugo de escravidão.
Hoffnung für alle - Durch Christus sind wir frei geworden, damit wir als Befreite leben. Jetzt kommt es darauf an, dass ihr euch nicht wieder vom Gesetz versklaven lasst.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Chúa Cứu Thế đã giải cứu chúng ta, cho chúng ta được tự do. Vậy hãy sống trong tự do, đừng tự tròng cổ vào ách nô lệ của luật pháp nữa.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - พระคริสต์ทรงปลดปล่อยเราเป็นไทเพื่อเสรีภาพ ฉะนั้นจงยืนหยัด อย่ายอมตกอยู่ใต้แอกแห่งความเป็นทาสอีก
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พระคริสต์ปลดปล่อยให้เราเป็นอิสระ เพื่อเราจะได้เป็นอิสระอย่างแท้จริง ฉะนั้นจงยืนหยัดไว้ และอย่าเข้าเทียมแอกเป็นทาสอีก

交叉引用

Romans 7:3 - Accordingly, she will be designated as an adulteress if she unites herself to another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from the law [regarding marriage], so that she is not an adulteress if she marries another man.
2 Thessalonians 2:15 - So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold [tightly] to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word of mouth or by letter from us.
Galatians 4:26 - But the Jerusalem above [that is, the way of faith, represented by Sarah] is free; she is our mother.
Colossians 2:16 - Therefore let no one judge you in regard to food and drink or in regard to [the observance of] a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day.
Colossians 2:17 - Such things are only a shadow of what is to come and they have only symbolic value; but the substance [the reality of what is foreshadowed] belongs to Christ.
Colossians 2:18 - Let no one defraud you of your prize [your freedom in Christ and your salvation] by insisting on mock humility and the worship of angels, going into detail about visions [he claims] he has seen [to justify his authority], puffed up [in conceit] by his unspiritual mind,
Colossians 2:19 - and not holding fast to the head [of the body, Jesus Christ], from whom the entire body, supplied and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows with the growth [that can come only] from God.
Colossians 2:20 - If you have died with Christ to the elementary principles of the world, why, as if you were still living in the world, do you submit to rules and regulations, such as,
Colossians 2:21 - “Do not handle [this], do not taste [that], do not [even] touch!”?
Colossians 2:22 - (these things all perish with use)—in accordance with the commandments and teachings of men.
Hebrews 4:14 - Inasmuch then as we [believers] have a great High Priest who has [already ascended and] passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession [of faith and cling tenaciously to our absolute trust in Him as Savior].
1 Thessalonians 3:8 - because now we really live [in spite of everything], if you stand firm in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 15:58 - Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord [always doing your best and doing more than is needed], being continually aware that your labor [even to the point of exhaustion] in the Lord is not futile nor wasted [it is never without purpose].
Philippians 1:27 - Only [be sure to] lead your lives in a manner [that will be] worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I do come and see you or remain absent, I will hear about you that you are standing firm in one spirit [and one purpose], with one mind striving side by side [as if in combat] for the faith of the gospel.
Ephesians 6:14 - So stand firm and hold your ground, having tightened the wide band of truth (personal integrity, moral courage) around your waist and having put on the breastplate of righteousness (an upright heart),
Revelation 2:25 - except to hold tightly to what you have until I come.
Matthew 23:4 - The scribes and Pharisees tie up heavy loads [that are hard to bear] and place them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves will not lift a finger [to make them lighter].
Proverbs 23:23 - Buy truth, and do not sell it; Get wisdom and instruction and understanding.
Jude 1:3 - Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I was compelled to write to you [urgently] appealing that you fight strenuously for [the defense of] the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints [the faith that is the sum of Christian belief that was given verbally to believers].
Hebrews 3:14 - For we [believers] have become partakers of Christ [sharing in all that the Messiah has for us], if only we hold firm our newborn confidence [which originally led us to Him] until the end,
Hebrews 3:6 - but Christ is faithful as a Son over His [Father’s] house. And we are His house if we hold fast our confidence and sense of triumph in our hope [in Christ].
Galatians 3:25 - But now that faith has come, we are no longer under [the control and authority of] a tutor and disciplinarian.
Hebrews 10:35 - Do not, therefore, fling away your [fearless] confidence, for it has a glorious and great reward.
Hebrews 10:36 - For you have need of patient endurance [to bear up under difficult circumstances without compromising], so that when you have carried out the will of God, you may receive and enjoy to the full what is promised.
Hebrews 10:37 - For yet in a very little while, He who is coming will come, and will not delay.
Hebrews 10:38 - But My righteous one [the one justified by faith] shall live by faith [respecting man’s relationship to God and trusting Him]; And if he draws back [shrinking in fear], My soul has no delight in him.
Hebrews 10:39 - But our way is not that of those who shrink back to destruction, but [we are] of those who believe [relying on God through faith in Jesus Christ, the Messiah] and by this confident faith preserve the soul.
Hebrews 9:8 - By this the Holy Spirit signifies that the way into the Holy Place [the true Holy of Holies and the presence of God] has not yet been disclosed as long as the first or outer tabernacle is still standing [that is, as long as the Levitical system of worship remains a recognized institution],
Hebrews 9:9 - for this [first or outer tabernacle] is a symbol [that is, an archetype or paradigm] for the present time. Accordingly both gifts and sacrifices are offered which are incapable of perfecting the conscience and renewing the [inner self of the] worshiper.
Hebrews 9:10 - For they [the gifts, sacrifices, and ceremonies] deal only with [clean and unclean] food and drink and various ritual washings, [mere] external regulations for the body imposed [to help the worshipers] until the time of reformation [that is, the time of the new order when Christ will establish the reality of what these things foreshadow—a better covenant].
Hebrews 9:11 - But when Christ appeared as a High Priest of the good things to come [that is, true spiritual worship], He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not a part of this [material] creation.
Psalms 51:12 - Restore to me the joy of Your salvation And sustain me with a willing spirit.
Isaiah 61:1 - The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, Because the Lord has anointed and commissioned me To bring good news to the humble and afflicted; He has sent me to bind up [the wounds of] the brokenhearted, To proclaim release [from confinement and condemnation] to the [physical and spiritual] captives And freedom to prisoners,
Romans 6:18 - And having been set free from sin, you have become the slaves of righteousness [of conformity to God’s will and purpose].
Matthew 11:28 - “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavily burdened [by religious rituals that provide no peace], and I will give you rest [refreshing your souls with salvation].
Matthew 11:29 - Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me [following Me as My disciple], for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest (renewal, blessed quiet) for your souls.
Matthew 11:30 - For My yoke is easy [to bear] and My burden is light.”
Acts 15:10 - Now then, why are you testing God by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we have been able to endure?
1 Corinthians 7:22 - For he who was a slave when he was called in the Lord is a freedman of the Lord, likewise he who was free when he was called is a slave of Christ.
Romans 7:6 - But now we have been released from the Law and its penalty, having died [through Christ] to that by which we were held captive, so that we serve [God] in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter [of the Law].
Revelation 3:3 - So remember and take to heart the lessons you have received and heard. Keep and obey them, and repent [change your sinful way of thinking, and demonstrate your repentance with new behavior that proves a conscious decision to turn away from sin]. So then, if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.
Jude 1:20 - But you, beloved, build yourselves up on [the foundation of] your most holy faith [continually progress, rise like an edifice higher and higher], pray in the Holy Spirit,
Jude 1:21 - and keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously and looking forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ [which will bring you] to eternal life.
2 Peter 2:19 - They promise them liberty, when they themselves are the slaves of depravity—for by whatever anyone is defeated and overcome, to that [person, thing, philosophy, or concept] he is continually enslaved.
1 Corinthians 16:13 - Be on guard; stand firm in your faith [in God, respecting His precepts and keeping your doctrine sound]. Act like [mature] men and be courageous; be strong.
Hebrews 10:23 - Let us seize and hold tightly the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is reliable and trustworthy and faithful [to His word];
Galatians 4:31 - So then, believers, we [who are born again—reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose] are not children of a slave woman [the natural], but of the free woman [the supernatural].
Galatians 2:4 - 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].
Galatians 4:9 - Now, however, since you have come to know [the true] God [through personal experience], or rather to be known by God, how is it that you are turning back again to the weak and worthless elemental principles [of religions and philosophies], to which you want to be enslaved all over again?
Romans 8:2 - For the law of the Spirit of life [which is] in Christ Jesus [the law of our new being] has set you free from the law of sin and of death.
John 8:32 - And you will know the truth [regarding salvation], and the truth will set you free [from the penalty of sin].”
John 8:33 - They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been enslaved to anyone. What do You mean by saying, ‘You will be set free’?”
John 8:34 - Jesus answered, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, everyone who practices sin habitually is a slave of sin.
John 8:35 - Now the slave does not remain in a household forever; the son [of the master] does remain forever.
John 8:36 - So if the Son makes you free, then you are unquestionably free.
Romans 6:14 - For sin will no longer be a master over you, since you are not under Law [as slaves], but under [unmerited] grace [as recipients of God’s favor and mercy].
1 Peter 2:16 - Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover or pretext for evil, but [use it and live] as bond-servants of God.
Galatians 5:13 - For you, my brothers, were called to freedom; only do not let your freedom become an opportunity for the sinful nature (worldliness, selfishness), but through love serve and seek the best for one another.
2 Corinthians 3:17 - Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty [emancipation from bondage, true freedom].

逐节对照

交叉引用

Amplified Bible - It was for this freedom that Christ set us free [completely liberating us]; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery [which you once removed].
新标点和合本 - 基督释放了我们，叫我们得以自由。所以要站立得稳，不要再被奴仆的轭挟制。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 基督释放了我们，为使我们得自由。所以要站稳了，不要再被奴隶的轭挟制。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 基督释放了我们，为使我们得自由。所以要站稳了，不要再被奴隶的轭挟制。
当代译本 - 基督释放了我们，好让我们得自由。所以，要站稳了，不要再被奴仆的轭辖制。
圣经新译本 - 基督释放了我们，为了要使我们得自由。所以你们要站立得稳，不要再被奴役的轭控制。
中文标准译本 - 基督释放了我们，使我们得自由。所以你们当站立得稳，不要再被奴役的轭所束缚。
现代标点和合本 - 基督释放了我们，叫我们得以自由，所以要站立得稳，不要再被奴仆的轭挟制。
和合本（拼音版） - 基督释放了我们，叫我们得以自由，所以要站立得稳，不要再被奴仆的轭挟制。
New International Version - It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
New International Reader's Version - Christ has set us free to enjoy our freedom. So remain strong in the faith. Don’t let the chains of slavery hold you again.
English Standard Version - For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
New Living Translation - So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law.
The Message - 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.
Christian Standard Bible - For freedom, Christ set us free. Stand firm, then, and don’t submit again to a yoke of slavery.
New American Standard Bible - It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.
New King James Version - Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
American Standard Version - For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.
King James Version - Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
New English Translation - For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery.
World English Bible - Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
新標點和合本 - 基督釋放了我們，叫我們得以自由。所以要站立得穩，不要再被奴僕的軛挾制。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 基督釋放了我們，為使我們得自由。所以要站穩了，不要再被奴隸的軛挾制。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 基督釋放了我們，為使我們得自由。所以要站穩了，不要再被奴隸的軛挾制。
當代譯本 - 基督釋放了我們，好讓我們得自由。所以，要站穩了，不要再被奴僕的軛轄制。
聖經新譯本 - 基督釋放了我們，為了要使我們得自由。所以你們要站立得穩，不要再被奴役的軛控制。
呂振中譯本 - 基督釋放了我們得自主了。所以你們要站穩，別再被奴役之軛纏住了。
中文標準譯本 - 基督釋放了我們，使我們得自由。所以你們當站立得穩，不要再被奴役的軛所束縛。
現代標點和合本 - 基督釋放了我們，叫我們得以自由，所以要站立得穩，不要再被奴僕的軛挾制。
文理和合譯本 - 基督既釋我儕而得自由、故宜堅立、勿再負為僕之軛、
文理委辦譯本 - 基督賜我自由、我當賴之以立、勿復為奴、而脫於軛、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 基督既釋我以得自由、則當堅立、勿復服為奴之軛、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 夫基督之予吾人以解放也、其非欲吾人享受自由乎？故吾儕當確立不移、不宜妄自菲薄、復入奴隸之軛也。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Cristo nos libertó para que vivamos en libertad. Por lo tanto, manténganse firmes y no se sometan nuevamente al yugo de esclavitud.
현대인의 성경 - 그리스도께서 우리를 해방시켜 자유의 몸이 되게 하셨으니 여러분은 굳게 서서 다시는 종노릇 하지 마십시오.
Новый Русский Перевод - Христос освободил нас, чтобы мы были свободными. Поэтому стойте твердо и не подвергайтесь вновь рабству.
Восточный перевод - Масих освободил нас, чтобы мы были свободными. Поэтому стойте твёрдо и не подвергайтесь вновь рабству Закона.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Аль-Масих освободил нас, чтобы мы были свободными. Поэтому стойте твёрдо и не подвергайтесь вновь рабству Закона.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Масех освободил нас, чтобы мы были свободными. Поэтому стойте твёрдо и не подвергайтесь вновь рабству Закона.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Christ nous a rendus libres pour que nous connaissions la vraie liberté. C’est pourquoi tenez bon et ne vous mettez pas à nouveau sous le joug de l’esclavage.
リビングバイブル - このように、キリストは私たちを自由の身にしてくださいました。ですから、この自由をしっかりと握っていなさい。もう二度と、律法にがんじがらめになった奴隷とならないよう、細心の注意をはらいなさい。
Nestle Aland 28 - Τῇ ἐλευθερίᾳ ἡμᾶς Χριστὸς ἠλευθέρωσεν· στήκετε οὖν καὶ μὴ πάλιν ζυγῷ δουλείας ἐνέχεσθε.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - τῇ ἐλευθερίᾳ, ἡμᾶς Χριστὸς ἠλευθέρωσεν; στήκετε οὖν, καὶ μὴ πάλιν ζυγῷ δουλείας ἐνέχεσθε.
Nova Versão Internacional - Foi para a liberdade que Cristo nos libertou. Portanto, permaneçam firmes e não se deixem submeter novamente a um jugo de escravidão.
Hoffnung für alle - Durch Christus sind wir frei geworden, damit wir als Befreite leben. Jetzt kommt es darauf an, dass ihr euch nicht wieder vom Gesetz versklaven lasst.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Chúa Cứu Thế đã giải cứu chúng ta, cho chúng ta được tự do. Vậy hãy sống trong tự do, đừng tự tròng cổ vào ách nô lệ của luật pháp nữa.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - พระคริสต์ทรงปลดปล่อยเราเป็นไทเพื่อเสรีภาพ ฉะนั้นจงยืนหยัด อย่ายอมตกอยู่ใต้แอกแห่งความเป็นทาสอีก
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พระคริสต์ปลดปล่อยให้เราเป็นอิสระ เพื่อเราจะได้เป็นอิสระอย่างแท้จริง ฉะนั้นจงยืนหยัดไว้ และอย่าเข้าเทียมแอกเป็นทาสอีก

Romans 7:3 - Accordingly, she will be designated as an adulteress if she unites herself to another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from the law [regarding marriage], so that she is not an adulteress if she marries another man.
2 Thessalonians 2:15 - So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold [tightly] to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word of mouth or by letter from us.
Galatians 4:26 - But the Jerusalem above [that is, the way of faith, represented by Sarah] is free; she is our mother.
Colossians 2:16 - Therefore let no one judge you in regard to food and drink or in regard to [the observance of] a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day.
Colossians 2:17 - Such things are only a shadow of what is to come and they have only symbolic value; but the substance [the reality of what is foreshadowed] belongs to Christ.
Colossians 2:18 - Let no one defraud you of your prize [your freedom in Christ and your salvation] by insisting on mock humility and the worship of angels, going into detail about visions [he claims] he has seen [to justify his authority], puffed up [in conceit] by his unspiritual mind,
Colossians 2:19 - and not holding fast to the head [of the body, Jesus Christ], from whom the entire body, supplied and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows with the growth [that can come only] from God.
Colossians 2:20 - If you have died with Christ to the elementary principles of the world, why, as if you were still living in the world, do you submit to rules and regulations, such as,
Colossians 2:21 - “Do not handle [this], do not taste [that], do not [even] touch!”?
Colossians 2:22 - (these things all perish with use)—in accordance with the commandments and teachings of men.
Hebrews 4:14 - Inasmuch then as we [believers] have a great High Priest who has [already ascended and] passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession [of faith and cling tenaciously to our absolute trust in Him as Savior].
1 Thessalonians 3:8 - because now we really live [in spite of everything], if you stand firm in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 15:58 - Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord [always doing your best and doing more than is needed], being continually aware that your labor [even to the point of exhaustion] in the Lord is not futile nor wasted [it is never without purpose].
Philippians 1:27 - Only [be sure to] lead your lives in a manner [that will be] worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I do come and see you or remain absent, I will hear about you that you are standing firm in one spirit [and one purpose], with one mind striving side by side [as if in combat] for the faith of the gospel.
Ephesians 6:14 - So stand firm and hold your ground, having tightened the wide band of truth (personal integrity, moral courage) around your waist and having put on the breastplate of righteousness (an upright heart),
Revelation 2:25 - except to hold tightly to what you have until I come.
Matthew 23:4 - The scribes and Pharisees tie up heavy loads [that are hard to bear] and place them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves will not lift a finger [to make them lighter].
Proverbs 23:23 - Buy truth, and do not sell it; Get wisdom and instruction and understanding.
Jude 1:3 - Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I was compelled to write to you [urgently] appealing that you fight strenuously for [the defense of] the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints [the faith that is the sum of Christian belief that was given verbally to believers].
Hebrews 3:14 - For we [believers] have become partakers of Christ [sharing in all that the Messiah has for us], if only we hold firm our newborn confidence [which originally led us to Him] until the end,
Hebrews 3:6 - but Christ is faithful as a Son over His [Father’s] house. And we are His house if we hold fast our confidence and sense of triumph in our hope [in Christ].
Galatians 3:25 - But now that faith has come, we are no longer under [the control and authority of] a tutor and disciplinarian.
Hebrews 10:35 - Do not, therefore, fling away your [fearless] confidence, for it has a glorious and great reward.
Hebrews 10:36 - For you have need of patient endurance [to bear up under difficult circumstances without compromising], so that when you have carried out the will of God, you may receive and enjoy to the full what is promised.
Hebrews 10:37 - For yet in a very little while, He who is coming will come, and will not delay.
Hebrews 10:38 - But My righteous one [the one justified by faith] shall live by faith [respecting man’s relationship to God and trusting Him]; And if he draws back [shrinking in fear], My soul has no delight in him.
Hebrews 10:39 - But our way is not that of those who shrink back to destruction, but [we are] of those who believe [relying on God through faith in Jesus Christ, the Messiah] and by this confident faith preserve the soul.
Hebrews 9:8 - By this the Holy Spirit signifies that the way into the Holy Place [the true Holy of Holies and the presence of God] has not yet been disclosed as long as the first or outer tabernacle is still standing [that is, as long as the Levitical system of worship remains a recognized institution],
Hebrews 9:9 - for this [first or outer tabernacle] is a symbol [that is, an archetype or paradigm] for the present time. Accordingly both gifts and sacrifices are offered which are incapable of perfecting the conscience and renewing the [inner self of the] worshiper.
Hebrews 9:10 - For they [the gifts, sacrifices, and ceremonies] deal only with [clean and unclean] food and drink and various ritual washings, [mere] external regulations for the body imposed [to help the worshipers] until the time of reformation [that is, the time of the new order when Christ will establish the reality of what these things foreshadow—a better covenant].
Hebrews 9:11 - But when Christ appeared as a High Priest of the good things to come [that is, true spiritual worship], He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not a part of this [material] creation.
Psalms 51:12 - Restore to me the joy of Your salvation And sustain me with a willing spirit.
Isaiah 61:1 - The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, Because the Lord has anointed and commissioned me To bring good news to the humble and afflicted; He has sent me to bind up [the wounds of] the brokenhearted, To proclaim release [from confinement and condemnation] to the [physical and spiritual] captives And freedom to prisoners,
Romans 6:18 - And having been set free from sin, you have become the slaves of righteousness [of conformity to God’s will and purpose].
Matthew 11:28 - “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavily burdened [by religious rituals that provide no peace], and I will give you rest [refreshing your souls with salvation].
Matthew 11:29 - Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me [following Me as My disciple], for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest (renewal, blessed quiet) for your souls.
Matthew 11:30 - For My yoke is easy [to bear] and My burden is light.”
Acts 15:10 - Now then, why are you testing God by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we have been able to endure?
1 Corinthians 7:22 - For he who was a slave when he was called in the Lord is a freedman of the Lord, likewise he who was free when he was called is a slave of Christ.
Romans 7:6 - But now we have been released from the Law and its penalty, having died [through Christ] to that by which we were held captive, so that we serve [God] in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter [of the Law].
Revelation 3:3 - So remember and take to heart the lessons you have received and heard. Keep and obey them, and repent [change your sinful way of thinking, and demonstrate your repentance with new behavior that proves a conscious decision to turn away from sin]. So then, if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.
Jude 1:20 - But you, beloved, build yourselves up on [the foundation of] your most holy faith [continually progress, rise like an edifice higher and higher], pray in the Holy Spirit,
Jude 1:21 - and keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously and looking forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ [which will bring you] to eternal life.
2 Peter 2:19 - They promise them liberty, when they themselves are the slaves of depravity—for by whatever anyone is defeated and overcome, to that [person, thing, philosophy, or concept] he is continually enslaved.
1 Corinthians 16:13 - Be on guard; stand firm in your faith [in God, respecting His precepts and keeping your doctrine sound]. Act like [mature] men and be courageous; be strong.
Hebrews 10:23 - Let us seize and hold tightly the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is reliable and trustworthy and faithful [to His word];
Galatians 4:31 - So then, believers, we [who are born again—reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose] are not children of a slave woman [the natural], but of the free woman [the supernatural].
Galatians 2:4 - 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].
Galatians 4:9 - Now, however, since you have come to know [the true] God [through personal experience], or rather to be known by God, how is it that you are turning back again to the weak and worthless elemental principles [of religions and philosophies], to which you want to be enslaved all over again?
Romans 8:2 - For the law of the Spirit of life [which is] in Christ Jesus [the law of our new being] has set you free from the law of sin and of death.
John 8:32 - And you will know the truth [regarding salvation], and the truth will set you free [from the penalty of sin].”
John 8:33 - They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been enslaved to anyone. What do You mean by saying, ‘You will be set free’?”
John 8:34 - Jesus answered, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, everyone who practices sin habitually is a slave of sin.
John 8:35 - Now the slave does not remain in a household forever; the son [of the master] does remain forever.
John 8:36 - So if the Son makes you free, then you are unquestionably free.
Romans 6:14 - For sin will no longer be a master over you, since you are not under Law [as slaves], but under [unmerited] grace [as recipients of God’s favor and mercy].
1 Peter 2:16 - Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover or pretext for evil, but [use it and live] as bond-servants of God.
Galatians 5:13 - For you, my brothers, were called to freedom; only do not let your freedom become an opportunity for the sinful nature (worldliness, selfishness), but through love serve and seek the best for one another.
2 Corinthians 3:17 - Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty [emancipation from bondage, true freedom].