To the Galatians, 5

¹ For such freedom Christ set us free. Therefore, stand firm, and do not let yourselves be confined again in a yoke of slavery.

² See! I, Paul, am telling you that if you become circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you.

³ Again I bear witness to every man who gets circumcised that he is under obligation to keep the whole Law.

⁴ You are separated from Christ, you who are trying to be declared righteous by means of law; you have fallen away from his undeserved kindness.

⁵ For our part, we are by spirit eagerly waiting for the hoped-for righteousness resulting from faith.

⁶ For in union with Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is of any value, but faith operating through love is.

⁷ You were running well. Who hindered you from continuing to obey the truth?

⁸ This sort of persuasion does not come from the One calling you.

⁹ A little leaven ferments the whole batch of dough.

¹⁰ I am confident that you who are in union with the Lord will not come to think otherwise; but the one who is causing you trouble, whoever he may be, will receive the judgment he deserves.

¹¹ As for me, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the stumbling block of the torture stake^*1 has been eliminated.

¹² I wish the men who are trying to unsettle you would emasculate themselves.^*1

¹³ You were called to freedom, brothers; only do not use this freedom as an opportunity to pursue fleshly desires, but through love slave for one another.

¹⁴ For the entire Law has been fulfilled^*1 in one commandment, namely: “You must love your neighbor as yourself.”

¹⁵ If, though, you keep on biting and devouring one another, look out that you do not get annihilated by one another.

¹⁶ But I say, Keep walking by spirit and you will carry out no fleshly desire at all.

¹⁷ For the flesh is against the spirit in its desire, and the spirit against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you do not do the very things you want to do.

¹⁸ Furthermore, if you are being led by spirit, you are not under law.

¹⁹ Now the works of the flesh are plainly seen, and they are sexual immorality,^*1 uncleanness, brazen conduct,^*2

²⁰ idolatry, spiritism,^*1 hostility, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, dissensions, divisions, sects,

²¹ envy, drunkenness, wild parties,^*1 and things like these. I am forewarning you about these things, the same way I already warned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.

²² On the other hand, the fruitage of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience,^*1 kindness, goodness, faith,

²³ mildness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.

²⁴ Moreover, those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed to the stake the flesh together with its passions and desires.

²⁵ If we are living by spirit, let us also go on walking orderly by spirit.

²⁶ Let us not become egotistical, stirring up competition with one another, envying one another.