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 firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a 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, tell you that if you receive circumcision, 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.

Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision 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 alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.

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

For we through the Spirit, by faith wait for 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 Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision amounts to anything, but faith working through love.

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

You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth?

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

This persuasion is not from him who calls you.

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

A little yeast grows through 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 towards you in the Lord that you will think no other way. But he who troubles you will bear his judgement, 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, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been removed.

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

I wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves 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.

For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

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

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbour 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, be careful that you don’t consume one another.

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

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfil 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, that you may not do the things that you desire.

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 the law.

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

Now the deeds of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness,

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

idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,

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, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practise such things will 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, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

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

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

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

Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.

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

If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit.

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

Let’s not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another.