Galatians 5

1 Stand firm therefore in the freedom with which Christ has made us free, and do not be burdened again with a yoke of slavery.

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

2 Listen! I, Paul, say to you that if you get circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.

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

3 Further, I testify again to every man who gets circumcised that he is obligated to keep the whole law.

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

4 You who are ‘being justified’ by law have been alienated from the Christ; you have fallen away from the grace.

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.

5 For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

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

6 Because in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love.

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

7 You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth?

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

8 This persuasion is not from Him who calls you.

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

9 A little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough.

A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

10 I have confidence toward you in the Lord that you will not think differently; but he who troubles you will bear the penalty, whoever he may be.

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.

11 But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that event the offense of the cross would have been removed.

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

12 I do wish that those who are upsetting you would just remove themselves!

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

13 Now you, brothers, have been called to freedom; only do not use that freedom as an opening for the flesh, but slave for one another through love.

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.

14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, namely: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

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

15 But if you bite and tear at each other, beware lest you be consumed by one another!

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

16 I say then: walk in the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

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

17 Because the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh; they oppose each other; it follows that you may not do the things that you wish.

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;

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

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

19 Now the works of the flesh are obvious, namely: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness,

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

20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, fits of anger, selfish ambition, dissentions, factions,

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

21 envyings, murders, drinking bouts, orgies, and the like; about which I am warning you beforehand, as, in fact, I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

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.

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, kindness, goodness, fidelity,

23 gentleness, self-control—against such things there is no law.

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

24 Further, those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

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

25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us also conform to the Spirit.

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

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

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