Galatians 5:5 For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. Truth to Learn Unlike those who think they can earn their righteousness, we eagerly wait for the day of our complete righteousness. Behind the Words “Eagerly wait for” is translated from the Greek word...

Galatians 5:4 You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. Truth to Learn You cannot be justified by keeping the law, and you cannot lose your salvation by falling from grace. Behind the Words The word translated “estranged” is...

    Galatians 5:3 And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole law. Truth to Learn No matter how obedient we are to laws, church ordinances, and regulations, we can never repay the debt that we owe to God...

    Galatians 5:2 Indeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing. Truth to Learn Obedience to the Law of Moses (or any other set of rules and regulations) adds nothing to salvation. Behind the Words The word translated “indeed” is eidō...

  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. Truth to Learn Once we are freed from the bondage of church laws and rules we are not to return to that form...

  Galatians 4:31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free. Truth to Learn We are spiritually born free; therefore, we should live as freeborn sons and not as slaves to the law. Behind the Words The word translated “So then” is ara. Technically,...

  Galatians 4:30 Nevertheless what does the Scripture say? "Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman." Truth to Learn Get rid of your legalistic rules and practices. They have no place alongside a life...

  Galatians 4:29 But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, even so it is now. Truth to Learn The bondage of legalism and religious acts of the flesh will not produce freedom or peace, but they may...

  Galatians 4:28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise. Truth to Learn We are the children of God through believing what He tells us in the Bible and works of the flesh add nothing to that. Behind the Words The New Testament was written in Greek,...

    Galatians 4:27 For it is written: "Rejoice, O barren, you who do not bear! Break forth and shout, you who are not in labor! For the desolate has many more children than she who has a husband." Truth to Learn Even in the Old Testament, God indicated that...