< Galatians 5 >

1 Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Messiah has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
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, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Messiah will profit you nothing.
Listen! I, Paul, say to you that if you get 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.
Further, I testify again to every man who gets circumcised that he is obligated to keep the whole law.
4 You are alienated from Messiah, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen 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 through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.
For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
6 For in Messiah Yeshua neither circumcision nor uncircumcision amounts to anything, 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 interfered with you that you should not obey the truth?
You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth?
8 This persuasion is not from him who calls you.
This persuasion is not from Him who calls you.
9 A little yeast grows through the whole lump.
A little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough.
10 I have confidence towards you in the Lord that you will think no other way. But he who troubles you will bear his judgement, whoever he is.
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 But I, brothers, if I still proclaim circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been removed.
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 I wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off.
I do wish that those who are upsetting you would just remove themselves!
13 For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.
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 the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbour as yourself.”
For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, namely: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
15 But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don’t consume one another.
But if you bite and tear at each other, beware lest you be consumed by one another!
16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfil the lust of the flesh.
I say then: walk in the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.
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 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
However, if you are led by the Spirit you are not under law.
19 Now the deeds of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness,
Now the works of the flesh are obvious, namely: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness,
20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,
idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, fits of anger, selfish ambition, dissentions, factions,
21 envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practise such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.
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 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
gentleness, self-control—against such things there is no law.
24 Those who belong to Messiah have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.
Further, those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
25 If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit.
Since we live by the Spirit, let us also conform to the Spirit.
26 Let’s not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another.
Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

< Galatians 5 >