Galatians 5

1 stand firm then, and do not be again entangled in a yoke of bondage.

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

2 Listen to me! I, Paul, declare to you that if you are to continue to follow the rite of circumcision, Christ will be no profit to you.

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

3 I solemnly testify to every man who submits to circumcision that he obligates himself 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 If you are being justified by law, you are cut off from Christ; you are fallen away from 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 But we are not, for we through the Spirit are eagerly waiting by faith for a hope of righteousness (a hope well founded);

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

6 because in Christ neither circumcision has any value, nor uncircumcision, but faith which works through love.

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

7 You were running your race nobly. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?

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

8 The influence brought to bear does not come from him who is calling you.

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

9 A little leaven is leavening the whole lump.

A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

10 As for me, I am fully trusting you in the Lord that you will be no otherwise minded; but he who is trying to unsettle you will have to bear his punishment, 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 persecuted? Then surely the stumbling-block of the Cross has ceased to be an obstacle!

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

12 Would to God that those who are trying to unsettle you would even have themselves mutilated.

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

13 For you, brothers, were called for freedom; only do not make your freedom an excuse for self-indulgence, but in love enslave yourselves to one another.

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 has been fulfilled in this one precept, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

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

15 But if you are always biting and devouring one another, take heed lest you be utterly consumed one by another.

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

16 This is my meaning. Let your steps be guided by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

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

17 For the desire of the flesh is against that of the Spirit, and the desire of the Spirit is against that of the flesh, for they two are antagonistic, so that you may not do those 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 But if you are habitually 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 manifest; such, for instance, as fornication, impurity, indecency,

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

20 idol-worship, sorcery, quarrels, party-spirit, jealousy, passionate anger, intrigues, factions, sectarianism,

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

21 envy, drunkenness, revelings, and things like these. I tell you beforehand, as I have already told you, that those who practise such sins shall 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 harvest-fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long- suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity, gentleness, and self-control;

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity,

23 against such there is no law.

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

24 And those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and appetites.

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

25 If we are living by the Spirit, let us also keep step in 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.