Gal 5:13
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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As free, and not using {your} liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. {using: Gr. having}
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. {liberty: or, power}
We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
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.
Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
The Spirit of the Lord GOD {is} upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to {them that are} bound;
Hereby perceive we the love {of God}, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down {our} lives for the brethren.
For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Charity suffereth long, {and} is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, {vaunteth...: or, is not rash}
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
The Spirit of the Lord {is} upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
If I then, {your} Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.
Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved. {for you: Gr. for your souls}
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord {is}, there {is} liberty.
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these {is} charity.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
As free, and not using {your} liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. {using: Gr. having}
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
{Be} kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; {with...: or, in the love of the brethren}
But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak. {liberty: or, power}
For though I be free from all {men}, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
If I then, {your} Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.
Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and {of} a good conscience, and {of} faith unfeigned:
And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are {these}; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done {it} unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done {it} unto me.
Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
For God {is} not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if {there be} any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
Let all your things be done with charity.
And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout {all} the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
But if thy brother be grieved with {thy} meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died. {charitably: Gr. according to charity}
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity. {a lengthening...: or, an healing of thine error}
From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
For he that is called in the Lord, {being} a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, {being} free, is Christ's servant. {freeman: Gr. made free}
Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, {with} the statutes and judgments.
To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all {men}, even as we {do} toward you:
Let brotherly love continue.
And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead {it}, and make cakes upon the hearth. {Make ready...: Heb. Hasten}
What {doth it} profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm {your} love toward him.
But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed {their} stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set {it} before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as {he hath given} you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD'S servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising.
For unto me the children of Israel {are} servants; they {are} my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I {am} the LORD your God.
And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors. {whose...: Heb. that had taken them captives}