Galatians 5

1 Stand firm, and do not be willing to be again held by the yoke of servitude.

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

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

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

3 For I again testify, about every man circumcising himself, that he is obligated to act according to the entire law.

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

4 You are being emptied of Christ, you who are being justified by the law. You have fallen from grace.

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

5 For in spirit, by faith, we await the hope of justice.

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

6 For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision prevails over anything, but only faith which works through charity.

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

7 You have run well. So what has impeded you, that you would not obey the truth?

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

8 This kind of influence is not from him who is calling you.

This persuasion does not come from him who calls you.

9 A little leaven corrupts the whole mass.

A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

10 I have confidence in you, in the Lord, that you will accept nothing of the kind. However, he who disturbs you shall bear the judgment, whomever he may be.

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.

11 And as for me, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still suffering persecution? For then the scandal of the Cross would be made empty.

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.

12 And I wish that those who disturb you would be torn away.

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

13 For you, brothers, have been called to liberty. Only you must not make liberty into an occasion for the flesh, but instead, serve one another through the charity of the Spirit.

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

14 For the entire law is fulfilled by one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

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

15 But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you are not consumed by one another!

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

16 So then, I say: Walk in the spirit, and you will not fulfill the desires of the flesh.

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

17 For the flesh desires against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh. And since these are against one another, you may not do whatever you want.

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.

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

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

19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest; they are: fornication, lust, homosexuality, self-indulgence,

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

20 the serving of idols, drug use, hostility, contentiousness, jealousy, wrath, quarrels, dissensions, divisions,

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

21 envy, murder, inebriation, carousing, and similar things. About these things, I continue to preach to you, as I have preached to you: that those who act in this way shall not obtain the kingdom of God.

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.

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, forbearance,

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

23 meekness, faith, modesty, abstinence, chastity. There is no law against such things.

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

24 For those who are Christ’s have crucified their flesh, along with its vices and desires.

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

25 If we live by the Spirit, we should also walk by the Spirit.

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

26 Let us not become desirous of empty glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

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