Freedom in Christ
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery. 2Co 3:17Gal 5:131Pe 2:16Rom 6:14Jhn 8:32-36Rom 8:2Gal 4:9Heb 10:23
Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all. Gal 5:6Act 15:1Gal 2:3-5Rom 9:31-32Act 16:3-4Gal 5:11Gal 5:3-4Heb 4:2 Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law. Gal 3:10Rom 2:25Jas 2:10-11Deu 27:26Deu 31:21Deu 8:19Eph 4:17Mat 23:18 You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. 2Pe 2:20-22Rom 9:31-32Gal 2:21Heb 12:15Rom 11:6Rom 3:20Rom 4:4-5Gal 5:2
But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the hope of righteousness. Psa 130:51Th 1:10Psa 62:5Rom 8:23-252Ti 4:8Gen 49:18Php 3:9Tit 2:13 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love. Gal 6:151Co 7:191Th 1:3Jas 2:14-261Jn 3:14-20Mat 25:31-401Pe 1:82Co 5:14
You were running so well. Who has obstructed you from obeying the truth? 1Co 9:24Gal 3:1Heb 12:1Mat 13:211Pe 1:222Co 10:5Heb 5:9Rom 10:16 Such persuasion does not come from the One who calls you. Gal 1:6Rom 8:28 A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough. 1Co 15:33Mrk 8:151Co 5:6-7Luk 12:1Luk 13:21Mat 16:6-122Ti 2:17Mat 23:33 I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be. Gal 5:12Php 3:152Co 2:3Gal 1:71Co 5:51Jn 2:18-261Ti 1:202Co 10:2
Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished. 1Co 1:23Gal 6:12Gal 4:291Co 1:181Co 15:301Pe 2:8-9Act 21:21Gal 2:3 As for those who are agitating you, I wish they would proceed to emasculate themselves! Gal 5:101Co 5:13Exo 12:15Exo 30:33Gal 2:4Gen 17:14Jos 7:25Lev 22:3
For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love. 1Pe 2:161Co 9:191Co 8:9Rom 15:1-2Gal 5:14Eph 5:21Rom 6:18-22Gal 6:2 The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” 1 Mat 7:12Lev 19:18Gal 6:2Mrk 12:31Rom 13:8-10Jhn 13:34Mat 22:39-40Lev 19:34 But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another. 1Co 3:3Jas 3:14Gal 5:262Co 11:202Co 12:201Co 6:6-8Isa 11:13Isa 9:20-21
Walking by the Spirit
(Ezekiel 36:16–38; Romans 8:9–11)
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. Gal 5:24-25Rom 8:12-14Gal 6:8Gal 5:19-21Col 3:5-10Rom 8:4-51Jn 2:15-161Pe 2:11 For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want. Rom 8:13Rom 8:5-8Jhn 3:6Mat 26:41Psa 119:20Psa 51:10-12Ecc 7:20Psa 119:32 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Rom 6:14-15Rom 8:14Pro 8:20Gal 5:25Ezk 36:27Gal 4:5-6Gal 5:16Jhn 16:13
The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; 1Co 6:9-10Col 3:5-8Mat 15:18-191Pe 4:2-4Rev 21:8Eph 5:3-6Gal 6:81Co 3:3 idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, 1Co 11:19Rev 21:8Tit 3:102Co 11:19Act 8:9-111Ch 10:13-14Deu 18:10Act 16:16-19 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 1Co 6:9-10Rom 13:13Rom 8:13Eph 5:5-61Co 5:11Eph 5:18Col 3:6Rev 21:27
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, Col 3:12-171Co 13:4-7Jhn 15:5Jas 3:17-18Jhn 15:2Eph 5:9Psa 1:3Jhn 15:16 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 1Ti 1:9Act 24:25Tit 2:2Tit 1:81Co 9:25
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Rom 6:6Rom 13:14Rom 8:13Gal 5:16-18Rom 8:91Pe 2:11Gal 6:141Co 3:23 Since we live by the Spirit, let us walk in step with the Spirit. Gal 5:16Rom 8:4-5Jhn 6:63Rom 8:22Co 3:61Pe 4:6Rom 8:101Co 15:45 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another. Jas 3:14-16Php 2:1-3Jas 4:161Co 3:7Gal 5:15Luk 14:101Pe 5:5