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A believer stands beside a discarded wooden yoke while neighbors welcome each other on an inland plateau.
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Galatians 5:1-6

Stand firm in freedom

Freedom, Love, and the Fruit of the Spirit · Galatians 5

Story guide: Paul calls believers to stand firm in Messiah’s freedom and says faith works through love; the yoke is his metaphor, not a judgment on Jewish people.

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1For freedom Messiah set us free; therefore stand firm, and do not again be held by a yoke of slavery.

2Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Messiah will benefit you nothing.

3And I testify again to every man who receives circumcision that he is obligated to keep the whole law.

4You who are seeking to be justified by law have been severed from the Messiah; you have fallen away from grace.

5For through the Spirit, by faith, we eagerly await the hope of righteousness.

6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but faith working through love.

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