Galatia 5:23

5:23 gentleness, and ¹  self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Galatia 5:1

Freedom of the Believer

5:1 For freedom ²  Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke ³  of slavery.

1 Tesalonika 5:6

5:6 So then we must not sleep as the rest, but must stay alert and sober.

1 Tesalonika 5:1

The Day of the Lord

5:1 Now on the topic of times and seasons, ⁴  brothers and sisters, ⁵  you have no need for anything to be written to you.

1 Petrus 4:7

Service, Suffering, and Judgment

4:7 For the culmination of all things is near. So be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of prayer. ⁶ 

[5:23]  ¹ tn “And” is supplied here as a matter of English style, which normally inserts “and” between the last two elements of a list or series.

[5:1]  ² tn Translating the dative as “For freedom” shows the purpose for Christ setting us free; however, it is also possible to take the phrase in the sense of means or instrument (“with [or by] freedom”), referring to the freedom mentioned in 4:31 and implied throughout the letter.

[5:1]  ³ sn Here the yoke figuratively represents the burdensome nature of slavery.

[5:1]  ⁴ tn Grk “concerning the times and the seasons,” a reference to future periods of eschatological fulfillment (cf. Acts 1:7).

[5:1]  ⁵ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:4.

[4:7]  ⁶ tn Grk “for prayers.”