Galatians 5

1 Stand therefore in that liberty with which the Meshiha hath freed you, and be not enthralled with the yoke of bondage.

It is for freedom that Christ set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not again be held under the yoke of slavery.

2 Behold, I, Paulos, tell you, that if you be circumcised, the Meshiha profiteth you nothing.

Understand that I, Paul, myself tell you that if you allow yourselves to be circumcised, Christ will avail you nothing.

3 But I attest again to every man who is circumcised, that he is obligated to fulfil the whole law.

I again declare to everyone who receives circumcision, that he binds himself to obey the whole Law.

4 You have ceased from the Meshiha who are justified by the law, and from grace you have fallen.

You have severed yourselves from Christ – you who are seeking to be pronounced righteous through Law; you have fallen away from love.

5 But we through the Spirit, who is from faith, expect the hope of righteousness.

For we, by the help of the Spirit, are eagerly waiting for the fulfilment of our hope – that we may be pronounced righteous as the result of faith.

6 For, in the Meshiha Jeshu, circumcision is not any thing, nor uncircumcision, but faith which is made perfect by love.

If we are in union with Christ Jesus, neither is circumcision nor the omission of it anything, but faith, working through love, is everything.

7 Well did you run; who hath impeded you, that to the truth you should not be in obedience?

You were once making good progress! Who has hindered you from obeying the truth?

8 Your persuasion is not from him who called you.

The persuasion brought to bear on you does not come from him who calls you.

9 A little leaven the whole mass leaveneth.

A little yeast leavens all the dough.

10 I am confident of you in our Lord, that no other thing you will think; and he who disturbeth you shall bear judgment, whoever he is.

I, through my union with the Lord, am persuaded that you will learn to think with me. But the man who is disturbing your minds will have to bear his punishment, whoever he may be.

11 But I, my brethren, if yet I have preached for circumcision, why have I been persecuted? Hath the scandal of the cross ceased?

If I, friends, am still proclaiming circumcision, why am I still persecuted? It seems that the cross has ceased to be an obstacle!

12 But I would that they who disturb you were even cut off.

I could even wish that the people who are unsettling you would go further still and mutilate themselves.

13 But you have been called unto liberty, my brethren: only let not your liberty be for an occasion of the flesh; but in love be subjected one to another.

Remember, friends, to you the call came to give you freedom. Only, do not make your freedom an opportunity for self-indulgence but serve one another in a loving spirit.

14 For all the law in one word is fulfilled, in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Indeed, the whole Law has been summed up in this one precept – “You must love your neighbour as you love yourself.”

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

But, if you are continually wounding and preying on one another, take care that you are not destroyed by one another.

16 But I say to you, Walk in the Spirit, and the desires of the flesh you will not work.

This is what I have to say – Let your steps be guided by the Spirit, and then you will never gratify the cravings of your earthly nature.

17 For the flesh desireth that which is repugnant to the Spirit, and the Spirit desireth that which is repugnant to the flesh; and the two are adverse one to the other, that not any thing that you will you may do.

For these cravings of our earthly nature conflict with the Spirit, and the Spirit with our earthly nature – they are two contrary principles – so that you cannot do what you wish.

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

But, if you follow the guidance of the Spirit, you are not subject to Law.

19 For the works of the flesh are known, which are (these), fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

The sins of our earthly nature are unmistakable. They are sins like these – sexual immorality, impurity, indecency,

20 the worship of idols, sorcery, enmity, contention, ambition, wrath, calumny, divisions, rendings,

idolatry, sorcery, quarrels, strife, jealousy, outbursts of passion, rivalries, dissensions, divisions,

21 envy, murder, drunkenness, revelling, and all that are like these; and they who do them, as I told you before, so now I tell you, the kingdom of Aloha do not inherit.

feelings of envy, drunkenness, revelry, and the like. And I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who indulge in such things will have no place in the kingdom of God.

22 But the fruits of the Spirit are, love, joy, peace, prolonging of the spirit, benignity, goodness, fidelity,

But the fruit produced by the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindliness, generosity, trustfulness, gentleness, self-control.

23 meekness, patience; against these the law is not set.

Against such things there is no law!

24 But they who are of the Meshiha have crucified their flesh, with all its passions and its lusts:

And those who belong to Jesus, the Christ, have already crucified their earthly nature, with its passions and its cravings.

25 live we therefore in the Spirit,

Since our life is due to the Spirit, let us rule our conduct also by the Spirit.

26 and let us not be vain-glorious, contemning one another, envying one another.

Do not let us grow vain, and provoke or envy one another.