Galatians 5
- 1Christ has set us free in freedom; stand fast therefore, and be not held again in a yoke of bondage.
- 2Behold, I, Paul, say to you, that if ye are circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
- 3And I witness again to every man [supplied: who is] circumcised, that he is debtor to do the whole law.
- 4Ye are deprived of all profit from the Christ as separated [supplied: from him], as many as are justified by law; ye have fallen from grace.
- 5For we, by [supplied: the] Spirit, on the principle of faith, await the hope of righteousness.
- 6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision has any force, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.
- 7Ye ran well; who has stopped you that ye should not obey the truth?
- 8The persuasibleness [supplied: is] not of him that calls you.
- 9A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
- 10*I* have confidence as to you in [supplied: the] Lord, that ye will have no other mind; and he that is troubling you shall bear the guilt [supplied: of it], whosoever he may be.
- 11But *I*, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why am I yet persecuted? Then the scandal of the cross has been done away.
- 12I would that they would even cut themselves off who throw you into confusion.
- 13For *ye* have been called to liberty, brethren; only [supplied: do] not [supplied: turn] liberty into an opportunity to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
- 14For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;
- 15but if ye bite and devour one another, see that ye are not consumed one of another.
- 16But I say, Walk in [supplied: the] Spirit, and ye shall no way fulfil flesh's lust.
- 17For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these things are opposed one to the other, that ye should not do those things which ye desire;
- 18but if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under law.
- 19Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness,
- 20idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, disputes, schools of opinion,
- 21envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revels, and things like these; as to which I tell you beforehand, even as I also have said before, that they who do such things shall not inherit God's kingdom.
- 22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity,
- 23meekness, self-control: against such things there is no law.
- 24But they that [supplied: are] of the Christ have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts.
- 25If we live by the Spirit, let us walk also by the Spirit.
- 26Let us not become vain-glorious, provoking one another, envying one another.
Words in italics were supplied by the translators.
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