Galatians 5

1 Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Meshikha has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

Stand firm in the liberty with which Christ made us free, and be not again bound fast to the yoke of bondage.

2 Listen, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Meshikha will profit you nothing.

Behold, I Paul say to you, that if ye are circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing;

3 Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

yea, I testify again to every one who becometh circumcised, that he is bound to keep the whole Law.

4 You are alienated from Meshikha, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.

Ye are entirely separated from Christ, who seek to obtain righteousness through the Law; ye have fallen away from grace.

5 For we, through the Rukha, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.

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

6 For in Meshikha Yeshua neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working by love.

7 You were running well. Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth?

Ye were running well; who hindered you, that ye should not obey the truth?

8 This persuasion is not from him who calls you.

This persuasion came not from him that called you.

9 A little yeast grows through the whole lump.

A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

10 I have confidence toward you in the Lord that you will think no other way. But he who troubles you will bear his judgment, whoever he is.

I indeed have confidence in regard to you in the Lord, that ye will be no otherwise minded; but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whoever he may be.

11 But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been removed.

But as for me, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why do I still suffer persecution? Then hath the cross ceased to be a stumbling-block.

12 I wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off.

Would that they who unsettle you would quite cut themselves off!

13 For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only do not use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

For ye, brethren, were called to liberty; only use not your liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by your love serve one another.

14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: "You are to love your neighbor as yourself."

For the whole Law is fulfilled in one commandment, even in this “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.”

15 But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you do not consume one another.

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

16 But I say, walk by the Rukha, and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh.

But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye will not fulfill the desires of the flesh.

17 For the flesh lusts against the Rukha, and the Rukha against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.

For the flesh hath desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these oppose one another, that ye may not do the things that ye would.

18 But if you are led by the Rukha, you are not under the law.

But if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under the Law.

19 Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness,

Now the works of the flesh are manifest; such as fornication, uncleanness, wantonness,

20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,

idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strife, rivalry, outbursts of wrath, cabals, divisions, factions,

21 envyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

envyings, drunkenness, revelings, and things like these; of which I tell you beforehand, as I also told you in time past, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

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

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

23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

meekness, temperance; against such things as these there is no law.

24 Those who belong to Meshikha have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.

And they who belong to Christ Jesus crucified the flesh with the passions and lusts.

25 If we live by the Rukha, let us also walk by the Rukha.

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

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

Let us not become vain-glorious, provoking one another, envying one another.