Galatians 5:13

Believers are called to freedom, but must not use it to indulge the flesh; instead they should serve one another in love. Christian liberty is freedom for love, not for sin.

Cross-references · 26

• 1 Pet 2:16Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
• 1 Cor 9:19Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
• 1 Cor 8:9Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
• Rom 15:1–2We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
• Gal 5:14The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
• Eph 5:21Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
• Rom 6:18–22You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
• Gal 6:2Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
• Gal 4:5–7to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.
• 1 Jn 3:16–19By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
• Isa 61:1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
• Jude 1:4For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
• 1 Cor 13:4–7Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
• Jas 2:15–17Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.
• Acts 20:35In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
• 2 Cor 4:5For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.
• Gal 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
• 2 Pet 2:19They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
• John 8:32–36Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
• Jude 1:10–12These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.
• Mark 10:43–45But it shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
• Luke 4:18“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,
• Gal 4:22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
• John 13:14–15So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.
• 1 Th 1:3and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 2 Cor 12:15And for the sake of your souls, I will most gladly spend my money and myself. If I love you more, will you love me less?

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