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.
With her freedom, Christ hath made you, free. Stand fast, therefore, and do not, again, with a yoke of servitude, be held fast!
2 Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.
See! I, Paul, say unto you—if ye be getting 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.
Yea, I bear solemn witness again, unto every man getting 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.
Ye have been set aside from Christ, ye who, by law, are to be declared righteous, —out of his favour, ye have fallen;
5 But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the hope of righteousness.
For, we, in Spirit, by faith, for a hope of righteousness, are ardently waiting, —
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, availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith, through love, energising.
7 You were running so well. Who has obstructed you from obeying the truth?
Ye were running well: —who hath hindered you, that, by truth, ye are not to be persuaded?
8 Such persuasion does not come from the One who calls you.
The persuasion, [is] not of him that calleth you: —
9 A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough.
A little leaven, leaveneth, 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, am persuaded regarding you, in the Lord—that, for nothing else, ye will have any regard; but, he that is troubling you, shall bear the sentence, —whosoever 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.
I, however, brethren—if, circumcision, I yet proclaim, why am I yet persecuted? After all, the stumbling-block of the cross hath been set aside.
12 As for those who are agitating you, I wish they would proceed to emasculate themselves!
Oh! that they would even leave off in dismay, 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, ye, on a footing of freedom, were called, brethren, —only, [turn] not your freedom into an occasion to the flesh, but, by means of your love, be serving one another;
14 The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
For, the whole law, in one word, is summed up—[namely] in this, —Thou shall love thy neighbour as thyself.
15 But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.
If, however, one another, ye bite and devour, take heed lest, by one another, ye be consumed!
16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
I say, moreover—by Spirit, be walking, and, fleshly coveting, ye will in nowise fulfil;
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, coveted against the Spirit, but, the Spirit, against the flesh, —for, these, unto one another, are opposed, lest, whatsoever things ye chance to desire, these, ye should be doing!
18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
And, if, by Spirit, ye are being led, ye are not under law.
19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
Manifest, however, are the works of the flesh, which, indeed, are—fornication, impurity, wantonness,
20 idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,
idolatry, enchantment, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of wrath, factions, divisions, parties,
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, drunkenness, revellings; —and such things as these: as to which I forewarn you, even as I have forewarned you, —that, they who such things as these do practise, shall not inherit, God’s kingdom.
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, graciousness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
meekness, self-control; —against such things as these, there is no law.
24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
And, they who are of Christ Jesus, have crucified, the flesh, with its susceptibilities and covetings.
25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us walk in step with the Spirit.
If we live by Spirit, by Spirit, let us also walk.
26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.
Let us not become vain-glorious, —one another, challenging, one another, envying.
