Galatians 5

1 Stand fast therefore in the freedom for which Christ has set us free, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

Stand firm in the liberty with which Christ made us free, and be not again bound fast to the yoke of bondage.

2 Behold, I, Paul, say to you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you.

Behold, I Paul say to you, that if ye are circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing;

3 I testify again to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to keep the entire law.

yea, I testify again to every one who becometh circumcised, that he is bound to keep the whole Law.

4 You who are seeking to be justified by the law are alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.

Ye are entirely separated from Christ, who seek to obtain righteousness through the Law; ye have fallen away from grace.

5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we eagerly await the hope of righteousness.

For we through the Spirit by faith steadfastly wait for the hope of righteousness.

6 For in Christ Jesus neither does circumcision have any significance, nor uncircumcision, but what matters is faith working through love.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working by love.

7 You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?

Ye were running well; who hindered you, that ye should not obey the truth?

8 This persuasion does not come from him who calls you.

This persuasion came not from him that called you.

9 A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

10 I have confidence in you in the Lord that you will adopt no other mindset. But the one who is troubling you will bear his judgment, whoever he may be.

I indeed have confidence in regard to you in the Lord, that ye will be no otherwise minded; but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whoever he may be.

11 Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been done away with.

But as for me, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why do I still suffer persecution? Then hath the cross ceased to be a stumbling-block.

12 Oh that those who are unsettling you would cut themselves off!

Would that they who unsettle you would quite cut themselves off!

13 You were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but serve one another in love.

For ye, brethren, were called to liberty; only use not your liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by your love serve one another.

14 For the entire law is fulfilled in this one commandment: “Yoʋ shall love yoʋr neighbor as yoʋrself.”

For the whole Law is fulfilled in one commandment, even in this “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.”

15 But if you bite and devour one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.

But if ye bite and devour one another, beware lest ye be consumed by one another.

16 I say then, walk by the Spirit and you will certainly not gratify the desires of the flesh.

But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye will not fulfill the desires of the flesh.

17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is contrary to the flesh. These are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the very things you want to do.

For the flesh hath desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these oppose one another, that ye may not do the things that ye would.

18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

But if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under the Law.

19 Now the works of the flesh are obvious: adultery, fornication, impurity, sensuality,

Now the works of the flesh are manifest; such as fornication, uncleanness, wantonness,

20 idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, quarrels, jealousies, fits of rage, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions,

idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strife, rivalry, outbursts of wrath, cabals, divisions, factions,

21 envy, murder, drunkenness, revelries, and the like. I warn you, just as I warned you before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

envyings, drunkenness, revelings, and things like these; of which I tell you beforehand, as I also told you in time past, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

23 gentleness, and self-control; against such things there is no law.

meekness, temperance; against such things as these there is no law.

24 Now those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

And they who belong to Christ Jesus crucified the flesh with the passions and lusts.

25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.

If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.

26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another and envying one another.

Let us not become vain-glorious, provoking one another, envying one another.