Galatians 5

1 Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

STAND fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ has made you free, and be not again held under a yoke of bondage.

2 Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.

Behold, I Paul declare to you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ will be of no advantage to you.

3 Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

And again, I testify to every man who is circumcised, that he is under an obligation to keep the whole law.

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

Ye have vacated all expectations from Christ, as many of you as are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.

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

For we in spirit by faith expect the hope of righteousness.

6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision amounts to anything, but faith working through love.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but faith exerting its energy by love.

7 You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth?

Ye were running well: who hath hindered you that ye should not obey the truth?

8 This persuasion is not from him who calls you.

This persuasion cometh not from him who called you.

9 A little yeast grows through the whole lump.

A little leaven leaveneth the whole mass.

10 I have confidence toward you in the Lord that you will think no other way. But he who troubles you will bear his judgment, whoever he is.

I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be no otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear condign punishment whosoever he be.

11 But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been removed.

But I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? then indeed the offence of the cross is at an end.

12 I wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off.

I wish that they who trouble you were cut off from you.

13 For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

For ye have been called unto liberty, brethren; only use not that liberty as a pretext for carnality, but in love be subject one to another.

14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, even in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

15 But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don’t consume one another.

But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed by one another.

16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.

But I say, Walk in the Spirit, and ye will not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.

For the flesh hath appetites contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit contrary to the flesh, and these act in opposition the one to the other: so that ye do not the things which ye would.

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

But if ye are under the conduct of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

19 Now the deeds of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness,

Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are these: adultery, whoredom, impurity, lasciviousness,

20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,

idolatry, magical charms, enmities, strifes, jealousies, animosities, quarrels, divisions, heresies,

21 envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.

envyings, murders, drunkenness, revels, and the like of these, concerning which I tell you now, as I have told you already, that they who live in such practices shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

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

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity,

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

meekness, temperance; against such there is no law.

24 Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.

But they who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and irregular appetites.

25 If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit.

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

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

Let us not be vain-glorious, irritating one another, envying one another.