1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. |
2 Indeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing. |
3 And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole law. |
4 You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. |
5 For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. |
6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love. |
7 You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? |
8 This persuasion does not come from Him who calls you. |
9 A little leaven leavens the whole lump. |
10 I have confidence in you, in the Lord, that you will have no other mind; but he who troubles you shall bear his judgment, whoever he is. |
11 And I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why do I still suffer persecution? Then the offense of the cross has ceased. |
12 I could wish that those who trouble you would even cut themselves off! |
13 For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. |
14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." |
15 But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another! |
16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not 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, so that you do not do the things that you wish. |
18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. |
19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, |
20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, |
21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. |
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, |
23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. |
24 And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. |
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. |
26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. |