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 the Messiah hath made us free; and be not subjected again to the yoke of bondage.

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

Behold, I Paul say to you, That if ye become circumcised, the Messiah is 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 one who becometh circumcised, that he is bound to fulfill 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 renounced the Messiah, ye who seek justification by the law: and ye have apostatized from grace.

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

For we, through the Spirit, which is from faith, are waiting for the hope of righteousness.

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

For, in the Messiah Jesus, circumcision is nothing, neither is uncircumcision, but the faith that is perfected by love.

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

Ye did run well: who hath interrupted you, that ye acquiesce not in the truth?

8 This persuasion is not from him who calls you.

The bias of your mind is 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 confide in you through our Lord, that ye will entertain no other thoughts. And he that disquieteth you, shall bear his judgment, whoever 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.

And I, my brethren, if I still preached circumcision, why should I suffer persecution? Hath the offensiveness of the cross ceased?

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

But I would, that they who disquiet you, were actually cut off.

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.

And ye, my brethren, have been called into liberty: only let not your liberty be an occasion to the flesh; but, by love, be ye servants to each other.

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 sentence; in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor 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, beware, lest ye be consumed one by another.

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

And I say: Walk ye in the Spirit; and never follow the cravings 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 craveth that which is repugnant to the Spirit; and the Spirit craveth that which is repugnant to the flesh: and the two are the opposites of each other, so that ye do not that which ye desire.

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

But if ye are guided by the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

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

For the works of the flesh are known, which are whoredom, impurity, lasciviousness,

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

idol-worship, magic, malice, contention, rivalry, wrath, strife, divisions, discords,

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.

envy, murder, drunkenness, revelling, and all the like things. And they who perpetrate these things, as I have before told you, and also now tell you, do not inherit the kingdom of God.

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

But the fruits of the Spirit are, love, joy, peace, long suffering, suavity, kindness, fidelity, modesty, patience.

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

Against these there standeth no law.

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

And they who are of the Messiah, have crucified their flesh, with all its passions and its cravings.

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

Let us therefore live in the Spirit; and let us press on after the Spirit.

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

And let us not be vain-glorious, despising one another, and envying one another.