Galatians 5

1 In the freedom, then, with which Christ made you free—stand, and do not be held fast again by a yoke of servitude.

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

2 Behold! I, Paul, say to you, that if you are [to be] circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing;

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

3 and I testify again to every man circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law;

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

4 you were voided from the Christ, you who are declared righteous in law; you fell away from grace;

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

5 for we by the Spirit, by faith, wait for a hope of righteousness,

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

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

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

7 You were running well; who hindered you [so as] not to obey the truth?

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

8 The persuasion [is] not of Him who is calling you!

This persuasion is not from Him who calls you.

9 A little leaven leavens the whole lump;

A little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough.

10 I have confidence in regard to you in the LORD that you will not be otherwise minded; and he who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.

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.

11 And I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling-block of the Cross has been done away [with];

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.

12 O that even they would cut themselves off who are unsettling you!

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

13 For you were called to freedom, brothers, only the freedom [is] not for an occasion to the flesh, but serve one another through the love,

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.

14 for all the Law is fulfilled in one word—in this: “You will love your neighbor as yourself”;

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

15 and if you bite and devour one another, see that you may not be consumed by one another.

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

16 And I say, walk in the Spirit, and you may not fulfill the desire of the flesh;

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

17 for the flesh desires contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit contrary to the flesh, and these are opposed to one another, that the things that you may will—these you may not do;

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.

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

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

19 And the works of the flesh are also evident, which are: adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, licentiousness,

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

20 idolatry, witchcraft, enmities, strife, jealousy, wraths, rivalries, dissensions, sects,

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

21 envyings, murders, drunkenness, reveling, and such like, of which I tell you before, as I also said before, that those doing such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

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.

22 And the fruit of the Spirit is: love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

23 meekness, [and] self-control. Against such there is no law;

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

24 and those who are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the affections and the desires;

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

25 if we may live in the Spirit, we may also walk in the Spirit;

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

26 let us not become vainglorious—provoking one another, envying one another!

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