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Commentaries and Other Bible Study Helps - Prayer Tents - Prayer Tents
5:13-6:10 Life in the Spirit and Love. Freedom from the law does not lead to libertinism, for believers by the power of the Spirit live a new life characterized by love.
5:13-15 The Law of Love. Serving one another in love fulfills the law.
5:13-14 Far from the Christian life being enslaving, it is the only way to resist the various slaveries offered by the world. But this does not mean that Christians can do whatever they feel like doing (which itself is just another form of slavery). Rather, serving and loving others is the route to escaping bondage and fulfilling the ultimate content of the law.
5:13 freedom. From Mosaic laws, as represented by circumcision. Opportunity for the flesh means "opportunity to follow your fallen, sinful desires and act contrary to God's moral laws."
5:14 When Paul says the whole law is fulfilled in the commandment to "love your neighbor as yourself," and when he uses that command as the reason why the Galatians are to "serve one another" (v. 13), he implies that Christians still have a moral obligation to follow the moral standards found in God's "law" in Scripture. Obedience is not a means of justification, but it is a crucial component of the Christian life.
