Προς Γαλατας 5

1 τῇ ἐλευθερίᾳ (ᾗ *k*) ἡμᾶς Χριστὸς ἠλευθέρωσεν· στήκετε οὖν καὶ μὴ πάλιν ζυγῷ δουλείας ἐνέχεσθε.

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Messiah has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

2 Ἴδε ἐγὼ Παῦλος λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ἐὰν περιτέμνησθε, Χριστὸς ὑμᾶς οὐδὲν ὠφελήσει·

Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Messiah will profit you nothing.

3 μαρτύρομαι δὲ πάλιν παντὶ ἀνθρώπῳ περιτεμνομένῳ ὅτι ὀφειλέτης ἐστὶν ὅλον τὸν νόμον ποιῆσαι.

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

4 κατηργήθητε ἀπὸ (τοῦ *k*) Χριστοῦ οἵτινες ἐν νόμῳ δικαιοῦσθε, τῆς χάριτος ἐξεπέσατε.

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

5 ἡμεῖς γὰρ πνεύματι ἐκ πίστεως ἐλπίδα δικαιοσύνης ἀπεκδεχόμεθα.

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

6 ἐν γὰρ Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ οὔτε περιτομή τι ἰσχύει οὔτε ἀκροβυστία ἀλλὰ πίστις δι᾽ ἀγάπης ἐνεργουμένη.

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

7 ἐτρέχετε καλῶς· τίς ὑμᾶς (ἐνέκοψεν *N(k)O*) τῇ ἀληθείᾳ μὴ πείθεσθαι;

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

8 ἡ πεισμονὴ οὐκ ἐκ τοῦ καλοῦντος ὑμᾶς.

This persuasion is not from him who calls you.

9 μικρὰ ζύμη ὅλον τὸ φύραμα ζυμοῖ.

A little yeast grows through the whole lump.

10 ἐγὼ πέποιθα εἰς ὑμᾶς ἐν κυρίῳ ὅτι οὐδὲν ἄλλο φρονήσετε· ὁ δὲ ταράσσων ὑμᾶς βαστάσει τὸ κρίμα ὅστις (ἐὰν *N(k)O*) ᾖ.

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.

11 Ἐγὼ δέ, ἀδελφοί, εἰ περιτομὴν ἔτι κηρύσσω, τί ἔτι διώκομαι; ἄρα κατήργηται τὸ σκάνδαλον τοῦ σταυροῦ.

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

12 ὄφελον καὶ ἀποκόψονται οἱ ἀναστατοῦντες ὑμᾶς.

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

13 ὑμεῖς γὰρ ἐπ᾽ ἐλευθερίᾳ ἐκλήθητε, ἀδελφοί· μόνον μὴ τὴν ἐλευθερίαν εἰς ἀφορμὴν τῇ σαρκί, ἀλλὰ διὰ τῆς ἀγάπης δουλεύετε ἀλλήλοις.

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.

14 ὁ γὰρ πᾶς νόμος ἐν ἑνὶ λόγῳ (πεπλήρωται, *N(k)O*) ἐν τῷ ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς (σεαυτόν. *NK(O)*)

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

15 εἰ δὲ ἀλλήλους δάκνετε καὶ κατεσθίετε, βλέπετε μὴ ὑπ᾽ ἀλλήλων ἀναλωθῆτε.

But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don’t consume one another.

16 Λέγω δέ, πνεύματι περιπατεῖτε καὶ ἐπιθυμίαν σαρκὸς οὐ μὴ τελέσητε.

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.

17 ἡ γὰρ σὰρξ ἐπιθυμεῖ κατὰ τοῦ πνεύματος τὸ δὲ πνεῦμα κατὰ τῆς σαρκός· ταῦτα (γὰρ *N(k)O*) ἀλλήλοις ἀντίκειται, ἵνα μὴ ἃ (ἐὰν *N(k)O*) θέλητε, ταῦτα ποιῆτε.

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.

18 εἰ δὲ πνεύματι ἄγεσθε, οὐκ ἐστὲ ὑπὸ νόμον.

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

19 φανερὰ δέ ἐστιν τὰ ἔργα τῆς σαρκὸς ἅτινά ἐστιν (μοιχεία *K*) πορνεία, ἀκαθαρσία, ἀσέλγεια,

Now the deeds of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness,

20 εἰδωλολατρία, (φαρμακεία, *NK(o)*) ἔχθραι, ἔρις, (ζῆλος, *N(k)O*) θυμοί, ἐριθεῖαι, διχοστασίαι, αἱρέσεις,

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

21 φθόνοι, (φόνοι, *KO*) μέθαι, κῶμοι, καὶ τὰ ὅμοια τούτοις· ἃ προλέγω ὑμῖν καθὼς (καὶ *k*) προεῖπον ὅτι οἱ τὰ τοιαῦτα πράσσοντες βασιλείαν θεοῦ οὐ κληρονομήσουσιν.

envy, 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 God’s Kingdom.

22 ὁ δὲ καρπὸς τοῦ πνεύματός ἐστιν ἀγάπη, χαρά, εἰρήνη, μακροθυμία, χρηστότης, ἀγαθωσύνη, πίστις,

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

23 πραΰτης, ἐγκράτεια· κατὰ τῶν τοιούτων οὐκ ἔστιν νόμος.

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

24 οἱ δὲ τοῦ Χριστοῦ (Ἰησοῦ *NO*) τὴν σάρκα ἐσταύρωσαν σὺν τοῖς παθήμασιν καὶ ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις.

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

25 εἰ ζῶμεν πνεύματι, πνεύματι καὶ στοιχῶμεν.

If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit.

26 μὴ γινώμεθα κενόδοξοι, ἀλλήλους προκαλούμενοι, ἀλλήλοις φθονοῦντες.

Let’s not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another.