21 To those not having the law I became like one not having the law(A) (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law),(B) so as to win those not having the law.

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21 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.

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Life by the Spirit

13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free.(A) But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh[a];(B) rather, serve one another(C) humbly in love.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 5:13 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verses 16, 17, 19 and 24; and in 6:8.

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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Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ,(A) doing the will of God from your heart.

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Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

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24 since you know that you will receive an inheritance(A) from the Lord as a reward.(B) It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

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24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

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16 Live as free people,(A) but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil;(B) live as God’s slaves.(C)

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16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

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