5:1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
5:2 Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.
5:3 Again I declare to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.
5:4 You who are trying to be justified by law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
5:5 But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the righteousness for which we hope.
5:6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
5:7 You were running a good race. Who cut in on you and kept you from obeying the truth?
5:8 That kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you.
5:9 “A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough.”
5:10 I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is throwing you into confusion will pay the penalty, whoever he may be.
5:11 Brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.
5:12 As for those agitators, I wish they would go the whole way and emasculate themselves!
5:13 You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love.
5:14 The entire law is summed up in a single command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
5:15 If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.
5:16 So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.
5:17 For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want.
5:18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.
5:19 The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery;
5:20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions
5:21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
5:23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
5:24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires.
5:25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
5:26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.
5:1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free; stand fast therefore, and do not be entangled with a yoke of slavery again.
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 do the whole law.
5:4 You have been brought to nought, separated from Christ, you who are being justified by law; you have fallen from grace.
5:5 For we by the Spirit out of faith eagerly await the hope of righteousness.
5:6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails anything nor uncircumcision, but faith avails, operating through love.
5:7 You were running well. Who hindered you that you would not believe and obey the truth?
5:8 This persuasion is not of Him who calls you.
5:9 A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
5:10 I am confident in the Lord concerning you that you will be of no other mind; but he who is troubling you shall bear the judgment, whoever he may be.
5:11 But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been annulled.
5:12 I wish that those upsetting you would even cut themselves off.
5:13 For you were called for freedom, brothers; only do not turn this freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
5:14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
5:15 But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another.
5:16 But I say, Walk by the Spirit and you shall by no means fulfill the lust of the flesh.
5:17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these oppose each other that you would not do the things that you desire.
5:18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
5:19 And the works of the flesh are manifest, which are such things as fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
5:20 Idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, divisions, sects,
5:21 Envyings, bouts of drunkenness, carousings, and things like these, of which I tell you beforehand, even as I have said before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
5:23 Meekness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
5:24 But they who are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and its lusts.
5:25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.
5:26 Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another.
