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 therefore in that liberty with which the Meshiha hath freed you, and be not enthralled with 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, Paulos, tell you, that if you be circumcised, the Meshiha profiteth you nothing.

3 Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.

But I attest again to every man who is circumcised, that he is obligated to fulfil 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 have ceased from the Meshiha who are justified by the law, and from grace you have fallen.

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

But we through the Spirit, who is from faith, expect the 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 the Meshiha Jeshu, circumcision is not any thing, nor uncircumcision, but faith which is made perfect by love.

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

Well did you run; who hath impeded you, that to the truth you should not be in obedience?

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

Your persuasion is not from him who called you.

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

A little leaven the whole mass leaveneth.

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 confident of you in our Lord, that no other thing you will think; and he who disturbeth you shall bear judgment, whoever he is.

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, my brethren, if yet I have preached for circumcision, why have I been persecuted? Hath the scandal of the cross ceased?

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

But I would that they who disturb you were even cut off.

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.

But you have been called unto liberty, my brethren: only let not your liberty be for an occasion of the flesh; but in love be subjected one to another.

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

For all the law in one word is fulfilled, in this: Thou shalt 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.

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

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

But I say to you, Walk in the Spirit, and the desires of the flesh you will not work.

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 desireth that which is repugnant to the Spirit, and the Spirit desireth that which is repugnant to the flesh; and the two are adverse one to the other, that not any thing that you will you may do.

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

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

19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;

For the works of the flesh are known, which are (these), fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

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

the worship of idols, sorcery, enmity, contention, ambition, wrath, calumny, divisions, rendings,

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.

envy, murder, drunkenness, revelling, and all that are like these; and they who do them, as I told you before, so now I tell you, the kingdom of Aloha do not inherit.

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

But the fruits of the Spirit are, love, joy, peace, prolonging of the spirit, benignity, goodness, fidelity,

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

meekness, patience; against these the law is not set.

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

But they who are of the Meshiha have crucified their flesh, with all its passions and its lusts:

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

live we therefore in the Spirit,

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

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