Galatians 5 | Strong's Bible

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CHAPTER 5

It is for

freedom

that Christ

has set us free.

Stand firm,

then,

and

do not

be encumbered

once more

by a yoke

of slavery.

Take notice:

I,

Paul,

tell

you

that

if

you let yourselves be circumcised,

Christ

will be of no value

to you at all.

Again

I testify

to every

man

who gets himself circumcised

that

he is

obligated

to obey

the

whole

Law.

You who

are trying to be justified

by

the Law

have been severed

from

Christ;

you have fallen away

from

grace.

But

by

faith

we

eagerly await

through the Spirit

the hope

of righteousness.

For

in

Christ

Jesus

neither

circumcision

nor

uncircumcision

has any value.

All that matters is

faith,

expressed

through

love.

You were running

so well.

Who

has obstructed

you

from obeying

the

truth?

Such

persuasion

does not come

from

the One

who calls

you.

A little

yeast

leavens

the

whole

batch of dough.

I

am confident

in

the Lord

that

you

will take no other view.

The one who is

troubling

you

will bear

the

judgment,

whoever

he may be.

Now,

brothers,

if

I

am still

preaching

circumcision,

why

am I still being persecuted?

In that case

the

offense

of the

cross

has been abolished.

As for those who

are agitating

you,

I wish

they would proceed to emasculate themselves!

For

you,

brothers,

were called

to

freedom;

but

do not use

your

freedom

as

an opportunity

for the

flesh.

Rather,

serve

one another

in

love.

The

entire

Law

is fulfilled

in

a single

decree:

“Love

your

neighbor

as

yourself.”

But

if

you keep on biting

and

devouring

each other,

watch out,

or

you will be consumed

by

each other.

So

I say,

walk

by the Spirit,

and

you will not gratify

the desires

of the flesh.

For

the

flesh

craves

what is contrary

to the

Spirit,

and

the

Spirit

what is contrary

to the

flesh.

They

are opposed

to one another,

so that

you do not do

what

you want.

But

if

you are led by

the Spirit,

you are

not

under

the Law.

The

acts

of the

flesh

are

obvious:

sexual immorality,

impurity,

and debauchery;

idolatry

and sorcery;

hatred,

discord,

jealousy,

and rage;

rivalries,

divisions,

factions,

and envy;

drunkenness,

carousing,

and

the

like.

I warn

you,

as

I did before,

that

those

who practice

such

things

will not inherit

the kingdom

of God.

But

the

fruit

of the

Spirit

is

love,

joy,

peace,

patience,

kindness,

goodness,

faithfulness,

gentleness,

and self-control.

Against

such

things

there is

no

Law.

Those

who belong to

Christ

Jesus

have crucified

the

flesh

with

its

passions

and

desires.

Since

we live

by the Spirit,

let us walk in step

with the Spirit.

Let us not become

conceited,

provoking

and envying

one another.

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