Galatians 5

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Freedom in Christ

¹It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.

¹In freedom Christ set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not be entangled again in a yoke of slavery.

²Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.

²Behold, I, Paul, say to you that if you may become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.

³Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.

³Now I testify again to every man becoming circumcised that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

⁴You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.

⁴You were severed from Christ, whoever are being justified in the law; you fell away from grace.

⁵But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the hope of righteousness.

⁵For through the Spirit, by faith, we eagerly await the hope of righteousness.

⁶For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. What matters is faith expressing itself through love.

⁶For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any power, but faith working through love.

⁷You were running so well. Who has obstructed you from obeying the truth?

⁷You were running well. Who obstructed you not to obey the truth?

⁸Such persuasion does not come from the One who calls you.

⁸This persuasion is not of the One calling you.

⁹A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough.

⁹A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

¹⁰I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.

¹⁰I am confident as to you in the Lord that you will have no other mind. But the one troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he might be.

¹¹Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.

¹¹Now, brothers, if I still proclaim circumcision, why still am I persecuted? Then the offense of the cross has been nullified.

¹²As for those who are agitating you, I wish they would proceed to emasculate themselves!

¹²I wish those upsetting you also will cut themselves off!

¹³For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.

¹³For you were called to freedom, brothers, only not the freedom for an opportunity to the flesh. But serve one another through love.

¹⁴The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”^a

¹⁴For all the law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

¹⁵But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.

¹⁵But if you bite and devour one another, watch out, lest you might be consumed by one another.

Walking by the Spirit

¹⁶So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

¹⁶Now I say, walk by the Spirit, and you shall never complete the desire of the flesh.

¹⁷For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.

¹⁷For the flesh desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh. For these are opposed to one another so that the things you may want, these things you may not do.

¹⁸But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

¹⁹The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;

¹⁹Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,

²⁰idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,

²⁰idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of rage, rivalries, dissensions, factions,

²¹and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

²¹envies, drunkennesses, carousings, and things like these, as to which I say to you beforehand, as also I said before, that those doing such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

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

²³gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.

²⁴Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

²⁴Now those of Christ Jesus crucified the flesh with the passions and the desires.

²⁵Since we live by the Spirit, let us walk in step with the Spirit.

²⁵If we live by the Spirit, we should also walk by the Spirit.

²⁶Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.

²⁶We should not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.