5:1 Therefore, stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free, and do not be held again in a yoke of bondage. |
5:2 Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you become circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing! |
5:3 Again, I am personally testifying to every man who is being circumcised that he is a debtor to do the whole law. |
5:4 You who are attempting to be justified by works of law, you are being deprived of any spiritual effect from Christ. You have fallen from grace! |
5:5 For we through the Spirit are waiting for the hope of righteousness by faith; |
5:6 Because in Christ Jesus neither is circumcision of any force, nor uncircumcision; rather, it is the inner working of faith through love. |
5:7 You were running well. Who hindered you, persuading you not to obey the truth? |
5:8 This persuasion is not coming from Him who calls you. |
5:9 A little leaven leavens the whole lump. |
5:10 I am persuaded concerning you in the Lord that you will be otherwise minded; and he who troubles you shall bear the judgment, whoever he may be. |
5:11 But I, brethren, if I still proclaim circumcision, why am I yet being persecuted? Then the offense of the cross has been taken away. |
5:12 I would that they would even make themselves eunuchs—those who are throwing you into confusion. |
5:13 For you have been called unto freedom, brethren; only do not use this freedom for an occasion to the flesh; rather, serve one another with love. |
5:14 For the whole law is fulfilled in this commandment: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." |
5:15 But if you bite and devour one another, watch out lest you be consumed by one another. |
5:16 Now this I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh. |
5:17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these things are opposed to each other, so that you cannot do those things you wish to do. |
5:18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under works of law. |
5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness, |
5:20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, strifes, jealousies, indignations, contentions, divisions, sects, |
5:21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revelings, and such things as these; concerning which I am telling you beforehand, even as I have also said in the past, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. |
5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, |
5:23 Meekness, self-control; against such things there is no law. |
5:24 But those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts. |
5:25 If we live by the Spirit, we should also be walking by the Spirit. |
5:26 We should not become vain-glorious, provoking one another and envying one another. |