Galatians 5
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v1
Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
v2
Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.
v3
Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
v4
You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.
v5
For we, through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.
v6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.
v7
You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth?
v8
This persuasion is not from him who calls you.
v9
A little yeast grows through the whole lump.
v10
I have confidence toward you in the Lord that you will think no other way. But he who troubles you will bear his judgment, whoever he is.
v11
But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been removed.
v12
I wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off.
v13
For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.
v14
For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
v15
But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don’t consume one another.
v16
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.
v17
For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.
v18
But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
v19
Now the deeds of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness,
v20
idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,
v21
envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.
v22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,
v23
gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
v24
Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.
v25
If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit.
v26
Let’s not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another.