What is the Law called in Galatians 5?
In Galatians 5, the Law is called a yoke of bondage. The text warns believers not to be entangled again with that yoke, and the speaker identifies it as a reference to the Law. This description stresses the enslaving character of the Law.
Les teaches that Galatians 4 uses the allegory of Hagar and Mount Sinai to picture bondage, and then he points to Galatians 5 where the Law is called a yoke of bondage. He explains that this is a reference to the Law, and he connects it to what the Apostle Peter said at the Jerusalem council in Acts 15.
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
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What does Paul command believers to do in Galatians 5:1?
Paul commands believers to stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free and not be entangled again with the yoke of bondage.