17 Now (A)the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is (B)liberty.

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17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where (A)the Spirit of the Lord is, (B)there is freedom.

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17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty [emancipation from bondage, true freedom].(A)

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17 Now the Lord is the Spirit,(A) and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.(B)

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17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

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Christian Liberty

(A)Stand[a] fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a (B)yoke of bondage.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 5:1 NU For freedom Christ has made us free; stand fast therefore, and

Follow the Spirit

(A)It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore (B)keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a (C)yoke of slavery.

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Walk by the Spirit

It was for this freedom that Christ set us free [completely liberating us]; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery [which you once removed].

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Freedom in Christ

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.(A) Stand firm,(B) then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.(C)

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Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

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18 But (A)if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

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18 But if you are (A)led by the Spirit, (B)you are not under the Law.

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18 But if you are guided and led by the Spirit, you are not subject to the Law.

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18 But if you are led by the Spirit,(A) you are not under the law.(B)

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18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

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23 For (A)if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But (B)he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, (C)this one will be blessed in what he does.

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23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his [a]natural face (A)in a mirror; 24 for once he has looked at himself and gone away, [b]he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was. 25 But one who has looked intently at the perfect law, (B)the law of freedom, and has continued in it, not having become a forgetful hearer but [c]an active doer, this person will be (C)blessed in [d]what he does.

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Footnotes

  1. James 1:23 Lit the face of his birth; or nature
  2. James 1:24 Lit and he
  3. James 1:25 Lit a doer of a work
  4. James 1:25 Lit his doing

23 For if anyone only listens to the word [a]without obeying it, he is like a man who looks very carefully at his natural face in a mirror; 24 for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he immediately forgets [b]what he looked like. 25 But he who looks carefully into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and faithfully abides by it, not having become a [careless] listener who forgets but [c]an active doer [who obeys], he will be blessed and favored by God in what he does [in his life of obedience].

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  1. James 1:23 Lit and is not a doer.
  2. James 1:24 Lit what sort he was.
  3. James 1:25 Lit a doer of work.

23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom,(A) and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.(B)

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23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:

24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

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For (A)the law of (B)the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from (C)the law of sin and death.

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For (A)the law of the Spirit of life [a]in (B)Christ Jesus (C)has set you free from the law of sin and of death.

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  1. Romans 8:2 Or has set you free in Christ Jesus

For the law of the Spirit of life [which is] in Christ Jesus [the law of our new being] has set you free from the law of sin and of death.

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because through Christ Jesus(A) the law of the Spirit who gives life(B) has set you[a] free(C) from the law of sin(D) and death.

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  1. Romans 8:2 The Greek is singular; some manuscripts me

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

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