Galatians 5

1 Christ set us free so we could have real freedom. So stand firm and don't get burdened down again by a yoke of slavery.

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

2 Let me, Paul, tell you bluntly: if you rely on the way of circumcision, Christ will be of absolutely no benefit to you.

Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.

3 Let me repeat: every man who is circumcised has to keep the whole of the law.

For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

4 Those of you who think you can be made right by the law are cut off from Christ—you have abandoned grace.

Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.

5 For through the Spirit we trust and wait in hope to be made right.

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

6 For in Christ Jesus being circumcised or uncircumcised doesn't achieve anything; it's only trust working through love that matters.

For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.

7 You were doing so well! Who got in the way and prevented you from being convinced by the truth?

Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?

8 This “persuasion” certainly isn't from the one who calls you.

This persuasion [cometh] not of him that calleth you.

9 You only need a little bit of yeast to raise the whole batch of dough.

A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

10 I'm confident in the Lord that you won't change the way you think, and that the one who is confusing you will face the consequences, whoever he is.

I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.

11 As for me, brothers and sisters, if I were still advocating circumcision—why am I still persecuted? If that was true, it would remove the issue of the cross that offends people so much.

And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.

12 If only those who are causing you trouble would go even further than circumcision and castrate themselves!

I would they were even cut off which trouble you.

13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to freedom! Just don't use your freedom as an excuse to indulge your sinful human nature—instead serve one another in love.

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only [use] not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

14 For the whole law is summed up in this one command, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

For all the law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

15 But if you attack and tear into one other, watch out that you don't completely destroy yourselves!

But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.

16 My advice is to walk by the Spirit. Don't satisfy the desires of your sinful human nature.

[This] I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

17 For the desires of the sinful nature are opposed to the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are opposed to the sinful nature. They fight one another, so you don't do what you want to do.

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

18 But if the Spirit leads you, you're not under the law.

But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

19 It's clear what the sinful human nature produces: sexual immorality, indecency, sensuality,

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these]; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, rivalry, jealousy, anger, selfish ambition, dissension, heresy,

Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

21 envy, drunkenness, feasting, and similar things. As I warned you before so I warn you again: nobody who behaves like this will inherit the kingdom of God.

Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

22 But the Spirit produces fruit such as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trust,

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

23 gentleness, self-control—and there's no law against these kinds of things!

Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed to the cross their sinful human nature, together with all their sinful passions and desires.

And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

25 If we live in the Spirit we should also walk in the Spirit.

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

26 Let's not become boastful, or irritate and envy one another.

Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.