Galatians 5:1
ContextNET © | For freedom 1 Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke 2 of slavery. |
NIV © | It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. |
NASB © | It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. |
NLT © | So Christ has really set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law. |
MSG © | Christ has set us free to live a free life. So take your stand! Never again let anyone put a harness of slavery on you. |
BBE © | Christ has truly made us free: then keep your free condition and let no man put a yoke on you again. |
NRSV © | For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. |
NKJV © | Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. |
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NET © | For freedom 1 Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke 2 of slavery. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Translating the dative as “For freedom” shows the purpose for Christ setting us free; however, it is also possible to take the phrase in the sense of means or instrument (“with [or by] freedom”), referring to the freedom mentioned in 4:31 and implied throughout the letter. 2 sn Here the yoke figuratively represents the burdensome nature of slavery. |