Galater 5

1. ¹Stand fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
2. ²Behold, I Paul say to you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.
3. ³For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
4. ⁴Christ is become of no effect to you, whoever of you are justified by the law; ye have fallen from grace.
5. ⁵For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
6. ⁶For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
7. ⁷Ye did run well, who hindered you that ye should not obey the truth?
8. ⁸This persuasion cometh not from him that calleth you.
9. ⁹A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
10. ¹⁰I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be no otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whoever he may be.
11. ¹¹And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then hath the offense of the cross ceased.
12. ¹²I would they were even cut off who trouble you.
13. ¹³For, brethren, ye have been called to liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
14. ¹⁴For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
15. ¹⁵But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one by another.
16. ¹⁶This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye will not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
17. ¹⁷For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other; so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
18. ¹⁸But if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
19. ¹⁹Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these, Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20. ²⁰Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21. ²¹Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revelings, and such like: of which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
22. ²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23. ²³Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
24. ²⁴And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts.
25. ²⁵If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
26. ²⁶Let us not be desirous of vain-glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

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