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Galatians 2:4

WEB

4This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage,

KJV

4And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

BSB

4This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.

FBV

4(That issue only arose because some false Christians slipped in to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus, trying to make us slaves.

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Extra References

Jude 1:4

4For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into indecency, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ.


Galatians 5:1

1Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.


Galatians 5:12-13

12I wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off.

13For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.


2 Corinthians 11:26

26I have been in travels often, perils of rivers, perils of robbers, perils from my countrymen, perils from the Gentiles, perils in the city, perils in the wilderness, perils in the sea, perils among false brothers;


Galatians 4:9-10

9But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be in bondage all over again? 10You observe days, months, seasons, and years.


Galatians 4:3

3So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world.


2 Peter 2:19

19promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for a man is brought into bondage by whoever overcomes him.


1 John 4:1

1Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.


2 Peter 2:1-2

1But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction. 2Many will follow their immoral[+] ways, and as a result, the way of the truth will be maligned.


2 Corinthians 3:17

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