For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only [use] not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Frères, vous avez été appelés à la liberté, seulement ne faites pas de cette liberté un prétexte de vivre selon la chair; mais rendez-vous, par la charité, serviteurs les uns des autres.
KJV
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only [use] not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
Pacian of Barcelona
Exhortatory Little Book to Repentance
ed into the freedom of faith. And so the apostle Paul says: "But you have been called to freedom" Galatians 5:13. This is that freedom; that we are not bound by everything that the old ones were bound by; but given, so to speak, a forest of sins and the indulgence of remedie…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ates (De Civ. Dei x, 1). And we are bound to serve not only God, but also our neighbor, according to Gal. 5:13 , "By charity of the spirit serve one another." Therefore religion includes a relation to one's neighbor also. Objection 4: Further, worship belongs to religion. Now man…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
use in hindering the slavery of sin, which is opposed to spiritual freedom, of which it is written ( Gal. 5:13 ): "You, brethren, have been called unto liberty; only make not liberty an occasion to the flesh." Whether all are bound to keep the fasts of the Church? Objection 1: It…
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