Galatians 2:4
This issue arose because some false brothers were brought in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.
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because.

Galatians 5:10, 12
I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be. . . .

Acts 15:1, 24
Then some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved." . . .

Acts 20:30
Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.

2 Corinthians 11:13, 17, 26
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. . . .

1 John 4:1
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.

unawares.

2 Timothy 3:6
They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,

2 Peter 2:1, 2
Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies that even deny the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction on themselves. . . .

Jude 1:4
For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed--ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

liberty.

Galatians 3:23-26
Before this faith came, we were held in custody under the Law, locked up until faith should be revealed. . . .

Galatians 5:1, 13
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery. . . .

Psalm 51:12
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.

Psalm 119:45
And I will walk in freedom, for I have sought Your precepts.

John 8:31-36
So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, "If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples. . . .

2 Corinthians 3:17
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

1 Peter 2:16
Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.

2 Peter 2:19
They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to corruption. For a man is a slave to whatever has overcome him.

bring.

Galatians 4:3, 9, 10, 25
So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world. . . .

Isaiah 51:23
I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: 'Lie down, so we can walk over you.' And you made your back like the ground, and like a street to be traversed.

2 Corinthians 11:20
In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or exalts himself or strikes you in the face.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
But it was because of the false brethren secretly brought in, who had sneaked in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, in order to bring us into bondage.

King James Bible
And 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:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
This issue arose because of false brothers smuggled in, who came in secretly to spy on the freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.

International Standard Version
However, false brothers were secretly brought in. They slipped in to spy on the freedom we have in the Messiah Jesus so that they might enslave us.

NET Bible
Now this matter arose because of the false brothers with false pretenses who slipped in unnoticed to spy on our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, to make us slaves.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But because of false brethren who came in to spy on the liberty that we have in Yeshua The Messiah, so as to enslave me,
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