For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
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Galatians 5:11-15
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5:13–6:10 Having shown that justification comes by faith alone, Paul now addresses the question, “If we don’t keep the law, then what will guide our conduct?” His answer is that righteousness comes from the Spirit. The Judaizers probably warned that Paul’s message of freedom (5:1) would put believers on a slippery slope to moral ruin. Paul argues that freedom is not a license to sin, because love guides Christians. Liberty should be used to serve one another in love (cp. 2:20; 2 Cor 5:14-15).
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As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
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