Freedom is a topic of conversation that evokes a range of responses—what does it mean? How is it best expressed? What should be done to receive or protect it? For many, freedom is the same as autonomy; the freedom of rejecting any authority but our own and ridding ourselves of restrictions we consider inconvenient or undesirable. However, when we explore the biblical definition of freedom, it contradicts this image many of us hold. In this passage of Galatians, Paul takes on a pastoral tone and provides a practical depiction of the type of life that is honoring to God and marked by freedom. Paul contends that those who have been set free by Jesus, are to live lives of freedom characterized by self-control, obedience to God's Word, and loving service to their neighbors.