5:1 | Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. |
5:2 | Behold I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing. |
5:3 | And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the entire law. |
5:4 | Christ has become of no effect to you, those of you who are justified by law; you have fallen from grace. |
5:5 | Because, we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. |
5:6 | Because, in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love. |
5:7 | You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? |
5:8 | This persuasion does not come from Him who calls you. |
5:9 | A little leaven leavens the entire lump. |
5:10 | I have confidence in you, through the Lord, that you will have no other mind; but he who troubles you will bear his judgment, whoever he is. |
5:11 | And I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why do I still suffer persecution? Then the offense of the cross has ceased. |
5:12 | I desire that those who trouble you were cut off. |
5:13 | Because you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. |
5:14 | Because all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." |
5:15 | But if you bite and devour one another, beware that you are not consumed by one another! |
5:16 | This I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh. |
5:17 | Because, 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 want. |
5:18 | But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. |
5:19 | Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are these: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lustfulness, |
5:20 | idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, fights, jealousies, rage, selfish ambitions, rebellion, heresies, |
5:21 | envy, murders, drunkenness, partying, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. |
5:22 | But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faith, |
5:23 | meekness, self control. Against such there is no law. |
5:24 | And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. |
5:25 | If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. |
5:26 | Let us not desire vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another. |