“Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.”
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. — Paul's triumphant declaration establishes Christ's redemptive purpose as eleutheria (freedom), a liberation achieved once-for-all ('apelutherōsen' — freed); yet the imperative follows: believers must 'stēkō' (stand firm, hold the line) against regression into 'zugos doulias' (yoke of slavery), i.e., circumcision and law-observance.
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