Galatians 5:1 (BSB)

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.

From Galatians 5. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Galatians 5:1

• John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Galatians 5:1: 1. Stand fast therefore. After having told them that they are the children of the free woman, he now reminds them that they ought not lightly to despise a freedom so precious. And certainly it is an invaluable blessing, in defense of which it is our duty to fight, even to death; since not only the highest temporal considerations, but our eternal interests also, animate us to the contest.
• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Galatians 5:1-12: In the former part of this chapter the apostle cautions the Galatians to take heed of the judaizing teachers, who endeavoured to bring them back under the bondage of the law. He had been arguing against them before, and had largely shown how contrary the principles and spirit of those teachers were to the spirit of the gospel; and now this is as it were...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Galatians 5:1: Stand fast therefore in the liberty,.... There is the liberty of grace, and the liberty of glory; the former of these is here meant, and lies in a freedom from sin; not from the indwelling of it, but from the dominion, guilt, and damning power of it; from the captivity and tyranny of Satan, though not from his temptations and insults; from the law, the...
• Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on Galatians 5:1: GALATIANS CHAPTER 5 THIS chapter is, properly, a continuation of the argument in the previous chapter, and is designed to induce the Galatians to renounce their conformity to the JewiSh law, arid to become entirely con- formed to the gospel.