Galatians (The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the )
Galatians, Chapter 5
Then stand firm in the freedom with which Christ made us free and do not be held again with a yoke of slavery.
Behold, I, Paul, say to you that if you are circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.
And I testify again to every man being circumcised, that he is a debtor to do all the Law,
you who are justified by law are deprived of all effect from Christ, you fell from grace.
For we through [the] Spirit eagerly wait for [the] hope of righteousness out of faith.
For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any strength, but faith working through love.
You were running well; who held you back [that] you do not obey the truth?
The persuasion [is] not from Him calling you.
A little leaven leavens all the lump.
I trust as to you in [the] Lord that you will think nothing else, but that the [one] troubling you shall bear the judgment, whoever he may be.
But I, brothers, if I proclaim circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the offense of the Cross has passed away.
I would that the ones causing you to doubt will cut themselves off.
For, brothers, you were called to freedom. Only do not [use] the freedom for [an] opening to the flesh. But through love serve one another.
For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in [this]: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you are not consumed by one another.
But I say, Walk in [the] Spirit, and you will not fulfill [the] lust of [the] flesh.
For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another; lest whatever you may will, these things you do.
But if you are led by [the] Spirit, you are not under law.
Now the works of the flesh are clearly revealed, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lustfulness,
idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, fightings, jealousies, angers, rivalries, divisions, heresies,
envyings, murders, drunkennesses, wild parties, and things like these; of which I tell you beforehand, as I also said before, that the ones practicing such things will not inherit [the] kingdom of God.
meekness, self-control. Against such things there is not a law.
But the ones belonging to Christ crucified the flesh with [its] passions and lusts.
If we live in [the] Spirit, let us also walk in [the] Spirit.
Let us not become glory seeking ones, provoking one another, envying one another.