Gal 5:13, 1Pe 2:16, Jude 4 | Family | STEP | Liberty ; freedom for Jewish ceremonies, and from the condemning power of the law. For an occasion to the flesh ; as a pretext for the indulgence of fleshly lusts. The apostle is careful to distinguish between true Christian liberty from the bondage of Judaism and Antinomian licentiousness. Serve ; do good to one another. Freedom from the ceremonial law, and through faith in Christ, from the condemning power of the moral law, and from the necessity of perfectly obeying it in order to salvation, do not lessen but increase a man's obligation to keep it; and such freedom will secure a hearty obedience.

Galatians 5:13

Liberty; freedom for Jewish ceremonies, and from the condemning power of the law.

For an occasion to the flesh; as a pretext for the indulgence of fleshly lusts. The apostle is careful to distinguish between true Christian liberty from the bondage of Judaism and Antinomian licentiousness.

Serve; do good to one another. Freedom from the ceremonial law, and through faith in Christ, from the condemning power of the moral law, and from the necessity of perfectly obeying it in order to salvation, do not lessen but increase a man's obligation to keep it; and such freedom will secure a hearty obedience.

1 Peter 2:16

As free; free from the service of Satan, and from slavish bondage to human ordinances. Compare Ga 5:13.

For a cloak of maliciousness; not abusing your liberty by making it a cover for doing wrong to man.

Jude 4

Unawares; by stealth.

Of old ordained; whose coming, character, and punishment have been foretold by ancient prophets, and by Christ and his apostles.

Turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness; so perverting the doctrine of divine grace as to make it an excuse for living in the indulgence of fleshly lusts, and teaching others to do the same.

Denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ; in doctrine by rejecting the truths revealed by God through Christ, and in practice by trampling under foot Christ's commands.