Galatians 5

1 In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free — stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude;

Stand fast, therefore, in the freedom with which Christ has freed us, and be not again held fast in the yoke of bondage.

2 lo, I Paul do say to you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing;

Behold, I, Paul, say to you, that if you be circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.

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

And I testify, moreover, to every circumcised person, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

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

You are loosed from Christ, who are justified by the law; you have fallen from favor.

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

But we, through the Spirit, look for the hope of righteousness by faith.

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

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith, which works by love.

7 Ye were running well; who did hinder you — not to obey the truth?

You did run well: who has hindered you from obeying the truth?

8 the obedience [is] not of him who is calling you!

This persuasion comes not from him who called you.

9 a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven;

A little leaven leavens the whole mass.

10 I have confidence in regard to you in the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded; and he who is troubling you shall bear the judgment, whoever he may be.

I am persuaded concerning you, by the Lord, that you will think nothing differently from me: but he who troubles you shall bear the punishment, whosoever he be.

11 And I, brethren, if uncircumcision I yet preach, why yet am I persecuted? then hath the stumbling-block of the cross been done away;

But I, brethren, if I now proclaim circumcision, why am I yet persecuted? Certainly the offense of the cross is abolished.

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

I wish, indeed, they were cut off who subvert you.

13 For ye — to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another,

For you, brethren, have been called into liberty; only use not this liberty for an occasion to the flesh; but through love, assiduously serve one another.

14 for all the law in one word is fulfilled — in this: 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'

For the whole law is fulfilled by one precept, even by this, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

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

But if you bite and devour one another, take care lest you be consumed by one another.

16 And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete;

I say, then, walk by the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

17 for the flesh doth desire contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit contrary to the flesh, and these are opposed one to another, that the things that ye may will — these ye may not do;

For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things you would.

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

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

19 And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

Now, the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these. Fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

20 idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, strifes, emulations, wraths, rivalries, dissensions, sects,

sorcery, enmities, strifes, emulations, wraths, brawlings, factions, sects,

21 envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revellings, and such like, of which I tell you before, as I also said before, that those doing such things the reign of God shall not inherit.

envying, murders, intoxications, revelings, and such like: concerning which I foretell you now, as I also have foretold, that they who practice these things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

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

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

23 meekness, temperance: against such there is no law;

meekness, temperance: against such things there is no law.

24 and those who are Christ's, the flesh did crucify with the affections, and the desires;

Besides, they who are Christ's, have crucified the flesh with the passions and lusts.

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

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

26 let us not become vain-glorious — one another provoking, one another envying!

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