Christ Has Set Us Free
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a Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a b yoke of bondage.
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Indeed I, Paul, say to you that c if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.
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And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised d that he is a debtor to keep the whole law.
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e You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; f you have fallen from grace.
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For we through the Spirit eagerly g wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
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For h in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but i faith working through love.
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You j ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?
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This persuasion does not come from Him who calls you.
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k A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
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I have confidence in you, in the Lord, that you will have no other mind; but he who troubles you shall bear his judgment, whoever he is.
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And I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, l why do I still suffer persecution? Then m the offense of the cross has ceased.
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n I could wish that those o who trouble you would even cut themselves off!
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For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only p do not use liberty as an q opportunity for the flesh, but r through love serve one another.
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For s all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: t "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
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But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!
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Philippians 4:1
Therefore, my beloved and longed-for brethren, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, beloved.
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Acts 15:10
Now therefore, why do you test God by putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
Galatians 2:4
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).
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Acts 15:1
And certain men came down from Judea and taught the brethren, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.
Galatians 5:3
And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole law.
Galatians 5:6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love.
Galatians 5:11
And I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why do I still suffer persecution? Then the offense of the cross has ceased.
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Deuteronomy 27:26
'Cursed is the one who does not confirm all the words of this law.' "And all the people shall say, 'Amen!'
Romans 2:25
For circumcision is indeed profitable if you keep the law; but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
Galatians 3:10
For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them.
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Romans 9:31
But Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness.
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Hebrews 12:15
Looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled.
2 Peter 3:17
You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked.
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Romans 8:24
For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees?
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1 Corinthians 7:19
Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping the commandments of God is what matters.
Galatians 6:15
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation.
Colossians 3:11
Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all.
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Colossians 1:4
Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for all the saints.
1 Thessalonians 1:3
Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father.
James 2:18
But someone will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
James 2:20
But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?
James 2:22
Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect?
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1 Corinthians 9:24
Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.
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1 Corinthians 5:6
Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
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1 Corinthians 15:30
And why do we stand in jeopardy every hour?
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Romans 9:33
As it is written: "Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense, And whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.
1 Corinthians 1:23
But we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness.
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Joshua 7:25
And Joshua said, "Why have you troubled us? The LORD will trouble you this day." So all Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire after they had stoned them with stones.
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Acts 15:1
And certain men came down from Judea and taught the brethren, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.
Acts 15:2
Therefore, when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and dispute with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas and certain others of them should go up to Jerusalem, to the apostles and elders, about this question.
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Romans 8:2
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.
1 Corinthians 8:9
But beware lest somehow this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to those who are weak.
Galatians 5:1
Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
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Romans 6:1
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?
1 Peter 2:16
As free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God.
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1 Corinthians 9:19
For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more.
Ephesians 5:21
Submitting to one another in the fear of God.
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Matthew 7:12
Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Matthew 22:40
"On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."
Romans 13:8
Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.
Romans 13:10
Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
Galatians 6:2
Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
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Leviticus 19:18
You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.
Matthew 22:39
"And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
Romans 13:9
For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not bear false witness," "You shall not covet," and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
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