1 | Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don't be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. |
2 | Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, 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. |
4 | You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace. |
5 | For we, through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness. |
6 | For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love. |
7 | You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth? |
8 | This persuasion is not from him who calls you. |
9 | A little yeast grows through 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. |
11 | But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been removed. |
12 | I wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off. |
13 | For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don't use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another. |
14 | For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: "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. |
16 | But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won't 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. |
18 | But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. |
19 | Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, |
20 | idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies, |
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. |
22 | But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, |
23 | gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. |
24 | Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts. |
25 | If we live by the Spirit, let's also walk by the Spirit. |
26 | Let's not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another. |