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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.
2 Behold,
I, Paul, tell
you that if
you receive
circumcision, 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.
4 You
are alienated from
Christ, you
who desire to be
justified by the
law. You have
fallen away from
grace.
5 For
we through the
Spirit, by faith
wait for the
hope of
righteousness.
6 For
in Christ Jesus
neither circumcision
nor uncircumcision amounts to
anything, but
faith working
through love.
7 You
were running well!
Who interfered with
you that you
should not obey
the truth?
8 This
persuasion is not
from him who
calls you.
9 A
little yeast grows through
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.
11 But
I, brothers, if I
still preach
circumcision, why
am I still
persecuted? Then
the stumbling
block of the
cross has been
removed.
12 I
wish that those
who disturb you
would cut themselves 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.
14 For
the whole law
is fulfilled in
one word, in
this: “You
shall love your
neighbor as
yourself.”
15 But
if you bite
and devour one
another, be careful
that you don’t
consume one
another.
16 But
I say, walk
by the Spirit,
and you won’t fulfill
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.
18 But
if you are led
by the Spirit,
you are not
under the law.
19 Now
the deeds of
the flesh are
obvious, which are:
adultery, sexual immorality,
uncleanness, lustfulness,
20 idolatry,
sorcery, hatred,
strife, jealousies, outbursts
of anger, rivalries,
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.
22 But
the fruit of
the Spirit is love,
joy, peace,
patience, kindness,
goodness, faith,
23 gentleness,
and self-control.
Against such
things there is
no law.
24 Those
who belong to
Christ have
crucified the
flesh with its
passions and lusts.
25 If
we live by
the Spirit, let’s
also walk by
the Spirit.
26 Let’s
not become
conceited, provoking
one another, and
envying one another.