Galatians Chapter 5
Galatians
5 is a summary of Christian freedom from the law, emphazing that
salvation is through faith in Christ and not through works like
circumcision. The chapter contrasts the "works of the flesh" (such as
immorality, hatred, and drunkenness) with the "fruit of the Spirit"
(love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness, and self-control). It calls believers to use their freedom
not as an excuse for sin but to serve one another in love.
Verse 1: How are we to serve
Jesus Christ?
Stand fast therefore in the
liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a
yoke of bondage. Galatians 5:1
Answer: Serve in liberty that
is free from religious rituals.
Verse 2: The death of Jesus
Christ under the law becomes what?
Indeed I, Paul, say to you
that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing. Galatians 5:2
Answer: Following the law
eliminates salvation through Jesus Christ.
Verse 3: What happens when you
try to keep one point of the law?
And I testify again to every
man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole law.
Galatians 5:3
Answer: A person will become a
slave to keeping the whole law.
Verse 4: What does keeping the
law accomplish?
You have become estranged from
Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.
Galatians 5:4
Answer: Keeping the law
verifies that you are not saved.
Verse 5: How do we wait for
the hope of righteousness?
For we through the Spirit
eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. Galatians 5:5
Answer: Through the Holy
Spirit by faith in Jesus Christ we have hope.
Verse 6: What is important for
us Christians?
For in Christ Jesus neither
circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through
love. Galatians 5:6
Answer: Nothing is important
except faith working through love.
Verses 7-9: Why is the law so
dangerous?
You ran well. Who hindered you
from obeying the truth? This persuasion does not come from Him who calls you. A
little leaven leavens the whole lump. Galatians 5:7-9
Answer: Obeying a portion of
the law corrupts faith in Jesus Christ.
Verse 10: Who should we put
our confidence in?
I have confidence in you, in
the Lord, that you will have no other mind; but he who troubles you shall bear
his judgment, whoever he is. Galatians 5:10
Answer: We must put our
confidence in Jesus Christ.
Verses 11-12: What are
religious people offended of?
And I, brethren, if I still
preach circumcision, why do I still suffer persecution? Then the offense of the
cross has ceased. I could wish that those who trouble you would even cut
themselves off! Galatians 5:11-12
Answer: People loving rules
and regulations are offended by the cross.
Verse 13: How are we to use
Christian liberty?
For you, brethren, have been
called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but
through love serve one another. Galatians 5:13
Answer: Believers will serve
one another in love with liberty.
Verse 14: How is the law
fulfilled?
For all the law is fulfilled
in one word, even in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Galatians 5:14
Answer: We are to love our
neighbor as ourselves.
Cross Reference: Matthew 22:39
and Mark 12:31
Verse 15: What are we to
avoid?
But if you bite and devour one
another, beware lest you be consumed by one another! Galatians 5:15
Answer: Believers are to avoid
fighting amongst us.
Verses 16-18: Who frees us
from the law?
I say then: Walk in the
Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts
against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to
one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. But if you are led
by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Galatians 5:16-18
Answer: The Holy Spirit will
free you lusting after religious rituals.
Verses 19-21: What keeps us
from the kingdom of God?
Now the works of the flesh are
evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry,
sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish
ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the
like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past,
that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Galatians 5:19-21
Answer: Anyone practicing evil
will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Verses 22-23: What is the
evidence of the Holy Spirit?
But the fruit of the Spirit is
love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,
self-control. Against such there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23
Answer: The Holy Spirit is
evidence of righteousness.
Verses 24-25: How are we to
live in the Holy Spirit?
And those who are Christ’s
have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the
Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Galatians 5:24-25
Answer: The Holy Spirit
eliminates your passions and desires.
Verse 26: What is evidence of
not being guided by the Holy Spirit?
Let us not become conceited,
provoking one another, envying one another. Galatians 5:26
Answer: Being led by the Holy
Spirit eliminates sin.