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.

Stand fast, therefore, in the freedom with which Christ has freed us, and be not again held fast in the yoke of bondage.

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 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, moreover, to every circumcised person, 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 are loosed from Christ, who are justified by the law; you have fallen from favor.

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

But we, through the Spirit, look for the hope of righteousness by faith.

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, which works by love.

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

You did run well: who has hindered you from obeying the truth?

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

This persuasion comes not from him who called you.

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

A little leaven leavens the whole mass.

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 am persuaded concerning you, by the Lord, that you will think nothing differently from me: but he who troubles you shall bear the punishment, whosoever he 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.

But I, brethren, if I now proclaim circumcision, why am I yet persecuted? Certainly the offense of the cross is abolished.

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

I wish, indeed, they were cut off who subvert 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, brethren, have been called into liberty; only use not this liberty for an occasion to the flesh; but through love, assiduously serve one another.

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

For the whole law is fulfilled by one precept, even by this, "You shall 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.

But if you bite and devour one another, take care lest you be consumed by one another.

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

I say, then, walk by the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the lust 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 lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things you would.

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

But 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;

Now, the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these. Fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

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

sorcery, enmities, strifes, emulations, wraths, brawlings, factions, 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.

envying, murders, intoxications, revelings, and such like: concerning which I foretell you now, as I also have foretold, that they who practice these things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

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

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, fidelity,

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

meekness, temperance: against such things there is no law.

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

Besides, they who are Christ's, have crucified the flesh with the passions and lusts.

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

Since we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.

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

Let us not be vain-glorious, provoking one another, envying one another.