Galatians 5:13
For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom an an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.This verse in the real world
In what words
- ἀφορμήaphormḗa starting-point, i.e. (figuratively) an opportunity
- ἐλευθερίαeleutheríafreedom (legitimate or licentious, chiefly moral or ceremonial)
- δουλεύωdouleúōto be a slave to (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary)
- μόνονmónonmerely
- ἀγάπηagápēlove, i.e. affection or benevolence; specially (plural) a love-feast
- σάρξsárxflesh (as stripped of the skin), i.e. (strictly) the meat of an animal (as food), or (by e
- καλέωkaléōto "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise)
- ὑμεῖςhymeîsyou (as subjective of verb)
+7 more words in this verse
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
1Pe 2:16, 1Co 9:19, 1Co 8:9, Rom 15:1–2, Gal 5:14, Eph 5:21, Rom 6:18–22, Gal 6:2