Galatians 5:13 Parallel Translations

You were indeed called to be free, brothers and sisters. Don't turn this freedom into an excuse for your corrupt nature to express itself. Rather, serve each other through love.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

ASV:

For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only use not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.

BBE:

Because you, brothers, were marked out to be free; only do not make use of your free condition to give the flesh its chance, but through love be servants one to another.

DBY:

For ye have been called to liberty, brethren; only do not turn liberty into an opportunity to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

ERV:

For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only use not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.

WEY:

You however, brethren, were called to freedom. Only do not turn your freedom into an excuse for giving way to your lower natures; but become bondservants to one another in a spirit of love.

WBS:

For, brethren, ye have been called to liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

WEB:

For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don't use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

YLT:

For ye -- to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another,

Galatians 5:13 Cross References

XREF:

1 Corinthians 8:9 But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.

1 Corinthians 9:19 For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I may win more.

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

Ephesians 5:21 and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ.

1 Peter 2:16 Act as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bondslaves of God. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

5:13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; {12} only [use] not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
(12) The third part of this epistle, showing that the right use of Christian liberty consists of this, that being delivered and set at liberty from the slavery of sin and the flesh, and being obedient to the Spirit, we should through love help each other to mature in their salvation.

PNT:

5:13 Ye have been called unto liberty. The liberty of children of God.
[Use not] liberty for an occasion to the flesh. Do not think that because you are free, you are free to do evil. Let not liberty becomes license.
But by love serve one another. But love each other so well that there will be mutual service and helpfulness.

WES:

5:13 Ye have been called to liberty - From sin and misery, as well as from the ceremonial law. Only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh - Take not occasion from hence to gratify corrupt nature. But by love serve one another - And hereby show that Christ has made you free.

MHC:

5:13-15 The gospel is a doctrine according to godliness, 1Ti 6:3, and is so far from giving the least countenance to sin, that it lays us under the strongest obligation to avoid and subdue it. The apostle urges that all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. If Christians, who should help one another, and rejoice one another, quarrel, what can be expected but that the God of love should deny his grace, that the Spirit of love should depart, and the evil spirit, who seeks their destruction, should prevail? Happy would it be, if Christians, instead of biting and devouring one another on account of different opinions, would set themselves against sin in themselves, and in the places where they live.

CONC:

Bondservants Brethren Brothers Chance Condition Excuse Flesh Free Freedom Gain Giving However Indulge Liberty Love Lower Marked Nature Natures Occasion Opportunity Rather Servants Serve Sinful Spirit Turn

Bondservants Chance Condition Excuse Flesh Free Freedom Gain However Indulge Liberty Love Marked Nature Natures Occasion Opportunity Rather Servants Serve Sinful Spirit Turn Use Way

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