Galatians 5

1 Christ has set us free in freedom; stand fast therefore, and be not held again in a yoke of bondage.

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

2 Behold, I, Paul, say to you, that if ye are circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.

Behold, I Paul say to you, that if you be circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.

3 And I witness again to every man [who is] circumcised, that he is debtor to do the whole law.

I testify indeed again to every man that is circumcised, that he is bound to do the whole law.

4 Ye are deprived of all profit from the Christ as separated [from him], as many as are justified by law; ye have fallen from grace.

You that are justified by law, have withdrawn from Christ: you have fallen from grace.

5 For we, by [the] Spirit, on the principle of faith, await the hope of righteousness.

For we, through the Spirit which we obtain by faith, wait for the hope of righteousness.

6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision has any force, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.

For, in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision avails any thing, nor uncircumcision, but faith that works by love.

7 Ye ran well; who has stopped you that ye should not obey the truth?

You were running well; who kept you back from obedience to the truth?

8 The persuasibleness [is] not of him that calls you.

This readiness to be persuaded is not from him that calls you.

9 A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

A little leaven leavens the whole mass.

10 I have confidence as to you in [the] Lord, that ye will have no other mind; and he that is troubling you shall bear the guilt [of it], whosoever he may be.

I have confidence in you through the Lord, that you will cultivate no other disposition: but he that troubles you, who ever he may be, shall bear his condemnation.

11 But I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why am I yet persecuted? Then the scandal of the cross has been done away.

But, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why am I yet persecuted? Then, the offense of the cross has ceased.

12 I would that they would even cut themselves off who throw you into confusion.

that those who trouble you would even cut themselves off!

13 For ye have been called to liberty, brethren; only [do] not [turn] liberty into an opportunity to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

For you have been called to freedom, brethren: only use not your freedom as an occasion for the flesh, but become servants to one another, through love.

14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;

For all the law is fulfilled in one commandment, in this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

15 but if ye bite and devour one another, see that ye are not consumed one of another.

But if you bite and devour one another, take heed lest you be utterly destroyed by one another.

16 But I say, Walk in [the] Spirit, and ye shall no way fulfil flesh's lust.

I say this: Walk in the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the desires of the flesh.

17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these things are opposed one to the other, that ye should not do those things which ye desire;

For the desire of the flesh is against the Spirit, and the desire of the Spirit is against flesh; and these are opposed, the one to the other, so that you can not do what you would.

18 but if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under law.

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

19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness,

Now the works of the flesh are well known, and they are these―lewdness, uncleanness, wantonness,

20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, disputes, schools of opinion,

idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strifes, jealousies, anger, party-spirit, divisions, sects,

21 envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revels, and things like these; as to which I tell you beforehand, even as I also have said before, that they who do such things shall not inherit God's kingdom.

envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; with respect to which, I tell you now, as I also told you in times past, that those who practice such things shall riot inherit the kingdom of God.

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

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

23 meekness, self-control: against such things there is no law.

meekness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

24 But they that [are] of the Christ have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts.

Now those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

25 If we live by the Spirit, let us walk also by the Spirit.

If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

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

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