This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us. Cross References Acts 15:1 Then some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved." Acts 15:24 It has come to our attention that some went out from us without our authorization and unsettled you, troubling your minds by what they said. Romans 8:15 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!" 2 Corinthians 11:13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. 2 Corinthians 11:20 In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or exalts himself or strikes you in the face. 2 Corinthians 11:26 In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers, Galatians 1:7 which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ. Galatians 4:3 So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world. Galatians 5:1 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. Galatians 5:12 As for those who are agitating you, I wish they would proceed to emasculate themselves! Galatians 5:13 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. James 1:25 But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so--not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer--he will be blessed in what he does. 2 Peter 2:1 Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them--bringing swift destruction on themselves. Jude 1:4 For 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. Treasury of Scripture And that because of false brothers unawares brought in, who came in privately to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage: because. Galatians 5:10,12 Acts 15:1,24 Acts 20:30 unawares. 2 Timothy 3:6 2 Peter 2:1,2 Jude 1:4 liberty. Galatians 3:23-26 Galatians 5:1,13 Psalm 51:12 bring. Galatians 4:3,9,10,25 Isaiah 51:23 2 Corinthians 11:20 |