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 fast, therefore, in the liberty with which the Messiah hath made us free; and be not subjected again to the yoke of bondage.

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

Behold, I Paul say to you, That if ye become circumcised, the Messiah is of no advantage to you.

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

And again, I testify to every one who becometh circumcised, that he is bound to fulfill the whole law.

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

Ye have renounced the Messiah, ye who seek justification by the law: and ye have apostatized from grace.

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

For we, through the Spirit, which is from faith, are waiting for the hope of righteousness.

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

For, in the Messiah Jesus, circumcision is nothing, neither is uncircumcision, but the faith that is perfected by love.

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

Ye did run well: who hath interrupted you, that ye acquiesce not in the truth?

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

The bias of your mind is not from him who called you.

9 A little leaven leavens the whole lump;

A little leaven leaveneth the whole mass.

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 confide in you through our Lord, that ye will entertain no other thoughts. And he that disquieteth you, shall bear his judgment, 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];

And I, my brethren, if I still preached circumcision, why should I suffer persecution? Hath the offensiveness of the cross ceased?

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

But I would, that they who disquiet you, were actually cut off.

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,

And ye, my brethren, have been called into liberty: only let not your liberty be an occasion to the flesh; but, by love, be ye servants to each other.

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 sentence; in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

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

But if ye bite and devour one another, beware, lest ye be consumed one by another.

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

And I say: Walk ye in the Spirit; and never follow the cravings 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;

For the flesh craveth that which is repugnant to the Spirit; and the Spirit craveth that which is repugnant to the flesh: and the two are the opposites of each other, so that ye do not that which ye desire.

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

But if ye are guided by the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

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

For the works of the flesh are known, which are whoredom, impurity, lasciviousness,

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

idol-worship, magic, malice, contention, rivalry, wrath, strife, divisions, discords,

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.

envy, murder, drunkenness, revelling, and all the like things. And they who perpetrate these things, as I have before told you, and also now tell you, do not inherit the kingdom of God.

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

But the fruits of the Spirit are, love, joy, peace, long suffering, suavity, kindness, fidelity, modesty, patience.

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

Against these there standeth no law.

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

And they who are of the Messiah, have crucified their flesh, with all its passions and its cravings.

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

Let us therefore live in the Spirit; and let us press on after the Spirit.

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

And let us not be vain-glorious, despising one another, and envying one another.