Galatians 5

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

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 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 become circumcised, the Messiah is of no advantage to you.

3 I solemnly testify to every man who submits to circumcision that he obligates himself to keep the whole Law.

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

4 If you are being justified by law, you are cut off from Christ; you are fallen away from grace.

Ye have renounced the Messiah, ye who seek justification by the law: and ye have apostatized 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, through the Spirit, which is from faith, are waiting for the hope of righteousness.

6 because in Christ neither circumcision has any value, nor uncircumcision, but faith which works 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 your race nobly. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?

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

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

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

9 A little leaven is leavening the whole lump.

A little leaven leaveneth the whole mass.

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 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 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!

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

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

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

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.

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 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 sentence; in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor 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, beware, lest ye be consumed one by another.

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

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

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 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 But if you are habitually led by the Spirit you are not under law.

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

19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest; such, for instance, as fornication, impurity, indecency,

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

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

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

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.

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 But the harvest-fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long- suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity, gentleness, and self-control;

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

23 against such there is no law.

Against these there standeth no law.

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

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

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

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

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

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