Galatians 5

1 Stand firm therefore in the liberty in which Christ freed us, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.

Stand fast, therefore, in the liberty with which the Messiah hath made us free; and be not subjected again to the yoke of bondage.

2 Behold, I Paul say to you, that if ye are circumcised, Christ will benefit you nothing.

Behold, I Paul say to you, That if ye become circumcised, the Messiah is of no advantage to you.

3 And I solemnly declare again to every man who is circumcised, that he is obligated to do the whole law.

And again, I testify to every one who becometh circumcised, that he is bound to fulfill the whole law.

4 Ye were discharged from the Christ, ye who are made righteous by law. Ye have fallen from grace.

Ye have renounced the Messiah, ye who seek justification by the law: and ye have apostatized from grace.

5 For we through Spirit, from faith, wait for a hope of righteousness.

For we, through the Spirit, which is from faith, are waiting for the hope of righteousness.

6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails anything nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

For, in the Messiah Jesus, circumcision is nothing, neither is uncircumcision, but the faith that is perfected by love.

7 Ye were running well. Who hindered you, not to obey the truth?

Ye did run well: who hath interrupted you, that ye acquiesce not in the truth?

8 This persuasion is not from him who calls you.

The bias of your mind is not from him who called you.

9 A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

A little leaven leaveneth the whole mass.

10 I have confidence toward you in the Lord, that ye will think no other thing. But the man who troubles you will bear the verdict, whoever he may be.

I confide in you through our Lord, that ye will entertain no other thoughts. And he that disquieteth you, shall bear his judgment, whoever he may be.

11 But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling-block of the cross has been abolished.

And I, my brethren, if I still preached circumcision, why should I suffer persecution? Hath the offensiveness of the cross ceased?

12 O that those who trouble you would even cut it all off.

But I would, that they who disquiet you, were actually cut off.

13 For ye, brothers, were called to liberty, only not liberty for an opportunity to the flesh, but be servants to each other through love.

And ye, my brethren, have been called into liberty: only let not your liberty be an occasion to the flesh; but, by love, be ye servants to each other.

14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself.

For the whole law is fulfilled in one sentence; in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

15 But if ye bite and devour each other, watch out that ye be not consumed by each other.

But if ye bite and devour one another, beware, lest ye be consumed one by another.

16 But I say, walk in Spirit and ye will, no, not fulfill a lust of flesh.

And I say: Walk ye in the Spirit; and never follow the cravings of the flesh.

17 For the flesh desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit is against the flesh. For these are hostile to each other, so that whatever these things are ye may want, ye may not do.

For the flesh craveth that which is repugnant to the Spirit; and the Spirit craveth that which is repugnant to the flesh: and the two are the opposites of each other, so that ye do not that which ye desire.

18 But if ye are led by Spirit ye are not under law.

But if ye are guided by the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

19 Now the works of the flesh are apparent, which are, adultery, fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness,

For the works of the flesh are known, which are whoredom, impurity, lasciviousness,

20 idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strifes, jealousies, wraths, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions,

idol-worship, magic, malice, contention, rivalry, wrath, strife, divisions, discords,

21 envyings, murders, intoxications, revelings, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, as I also did forewarn, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

envy, murder, drunkenness, revelling, and all the like things. And they who perpetrate these things, as I have before told you, and also now tell you, do not inherit the kingdom of God.

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

But the fruits of the Spirit are, love, joy, peace, long suffering, suavity, kindness, fidelity, modesty, patience.

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

Against these there standeth no law.

24 And those of the Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and the lusts.

And they who are of the Messiah, have crucified their flesh, with all its passions and its cravings.

25 If we live in Spirit, we should also march in Spirit.

Let us therefore live in the Spirit; and let us press on after the Spirit.

26 Let us not become conceited, provoking each other, envying each other.

And let us not be vain-glorious, despising one another, and envying one another.