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.

With her freedom, Christ hath made you, free. Stand fast, therefore, and do not, again, with a yoke of servitude, be held fast!

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

See! I, Paul, say unto you—if ye be getting circumcised, Christ will profit you, nothing.

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

Yea, I bear solemn witness again, unto every man getting circumcised, —that he is, a debtor, to do, 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 been set aside from Christ, ye who, by law, are to be declared righteous, —out of his favour, ye have fallen;

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

For, we, in Spirit, by faith, for a hope of righteousness, are ardently waiting, —

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

For, in Christ [Jesus], neither, circumcision, availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith, through love, energising.

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, by truth, ye are not to be persuaded?

8 This persuasion is not from him who calls you.

The persuasion, [is] not of him that calleth you: —

9 A little yeast grows through the whole lump.

A little leaven, leaveneth, the whole lump.

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, am persuaded regarding you, in the Lord—that, for nothing else, ye will have any regard; but, he that is troubling you, shall bear the sentence, —whosoever he may 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.

I, however, brethren—if, circumcision, I yet proclaim, why am I yet persecuted? After all, the stumbling-block of the cross hath been set aside.

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

Oh! that they would even leave off in dismay, who are unsettling 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, on a footing of freedom, were called, brethren, —only, [turn] not your freedom into an occasion to the flesh, but, by means of your love, be serving one another;

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

For, the whole law, in one word, is summed up—[namely] in this, —Thou shall love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

If, however, one another, ye bite and devour, take heed lest, by one another, ye be consumed!

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

I say, moreover—by Spirit, be walking, and, fleshly coveting, ye will in nowise fulfil;

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, coveted against the Spirit, but, the Spirit, against the flesh, —for, these, unto one another, are opposed, lest, whatsoever things ye chance to desire, these, ye should be doing!

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

And, if, by Spirit, ye are being led, ye are not under law.

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

Manifest, however, are the works of the flesh, which, indeed, are—fornication, impurity, wantonness,

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

idolatry, enchantment, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of wrath, factions, divisions, parties,

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, drunkenness, revellings; —and such things as these: as to which I forewarn you, even as I have forewarned you, —that, they who such things as these do practise, shall not inherit, God’s kingdom.

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, long-suffering, graciousness, goodness, faithfulness,

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

meekness, self-control; —against such things as these, there is no law.

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

And, they who are of Christ Jesus, have crucified, the flesh, with its susceptibilities and covetings.

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

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

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

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