< Galatians 5 >
1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.
In the freedom, then, with which Christ made you free—stand, and do not be held fast again by a yoke of servitude.
2 Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.
Behold! I, Paul, say to you, that if you are [to be] circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing;
3 Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.
and I testify again to every man circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law;
4 You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
you were voided from the Christ, you who are declared righteous in law; you fell away from grace;
5 But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the hope of righteousness.
for we by the Spirit, by faith, wait for a hope of righteousness,
6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.
7 You were running so well. Who has obstructed you from obeying the truth?
You were running well; who hindered you [so as] not to obey the truth?
8 Such persuasion does not come from the One who calls you.
The persuasion [is] not of Him who is calling you!
9 A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough.
A little leaven leavens the whole lump;
10 I 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.
I have confidence in regard to you in the LORD that you will not be otherwise minded; and he who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.
11 Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.
And I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling-block of the Cross has been done away [with];
12 As for those who are agitating you, I wish they would proceed to emasculate themselves!
O that even they would cut themselves off who are unsettling you!
13 For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
For you were called to freedom, brothers, only the freedom [is] not for an occasion to the flesh, but serve one another through the love,
14 The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
for all the Law is fulfilled in one word—in this: “You will love your neighbor as yourself”;
15 But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.
and if you bite and devour one another, see that you may not be consumed by one another.
16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
And I say, walk in the Spirit, and you may not fulfill the desire of the flesh;
17 For 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.
for the flesh desires contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit contrary to the flesh, and these are opposed to one another, that the things that you may will—these you may not do;
18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
and if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.
19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
And the works of the flesh are also evident, which are: adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, licentiousness,
20 idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,
idolatry, witchcraft, enmities, strife, jealousy, wraths, rivalries, dissensions, sects,
21 and 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.
envyings, murders, drunkenness, reveling, and such like, of which I tell you before, as I also said before, that those doing such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
And the fruit of the Spirit is: love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,
23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
meekness, [and] self-control. Against such there is no law;
24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
and those who are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the affections and the desires;
25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us walk in step with the Spirit.
if we may live in the Spirit, we may also walk in the Spirit;
26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.
let us not become vainglorious—provoking one another, envying one another!