Galatians 5

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

Stand fast therefore in the freedom for which Christ has set us free, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

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 let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you.

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

I testify again to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to keep the entire 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 who are seeking to be justified by the law are alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.

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

For through the Spirit, by faith, we eagerly await 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 does circumcision have any significance, nor uncircumcision, but what matters is faith working through love.

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

You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?

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

This persuasion does not come from him who calls you.

9 A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

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 in the Lord that you will adopt no other mindset. But the one who is troubling you will bear his judgment, whoever he may be.

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

Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been done away with.

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

Oh that those who are unsettling you would 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.

You were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but serve one another in love.

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

For the entire law is fulfilled in this one commandment: “Yoʋ shall love yoʋr neighbor as yoʋrself.”

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, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.

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

I say then, walk by the Spirit and you will certainly not gratify 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 flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is contrary to the flesh. These are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the very things you want to do.

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 the law.

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

Now the works of the flesh are obvious: adultery, fornication, impurity, sensuality,

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

idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, quarrels, jealousies, fits of rage, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions,

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.

envy, murder, drunkenness, revelries, and the like. I warn you, just as I warned you before, that those who practice such things will not 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, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

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

gentleness, and self-control; against such things 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 belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

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

Since we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.

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

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