[Galatians 5]

 

             ^5:1 Therefore, stand-firm^° in the freedom in which Christ made us free, and do^° not be held again in a yoke of bondage.

 

             ^5:2 Behold, I, Paul say to you^°, If you^° are circumcised, Christ will be profiting you^° nothing. ^5:3 Now, I am testifying again to every man being circumcised, He is a debtor to practice the whole law. ^5:4 You^° were done-away-with, cut off from the Christ, you^° who are made righteous by the law; you^° fell from the grace of God. ^5:5 For^* we are waiting for the hope of righteousness in a Spirit from faith. ^5:6 For^* neither circumcision nor uncircumcision prevails over anything in Christ Jesus, but faith working through love^*.

            ^5:7 You^° were running well; who hindered you^°– the truth is not to be obeyed? ^5:8 The persuasion like this is not from the one calling you^°. ^5:9 A little leaven leavens the whole batch. ^5:10 I have confidence in you^° in the Lord, that you^° will not be mindful of another person and he who is disturbing you^° will be bearing the judgment, whoever he may be. ^5:11 But I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Consequently^*, has the offense of the cross been done-away-with? ^5:12 I wish-that the ones unsettling you^° will even castrate themselves.

             ^5:13 For^* brethren, you^° were called upon the basis of freedom; only do not use the freedom ^*for a starting-point in the flesh, but serve^*° one another through love^*. ^5:14 For^* all the law is fulfilled in one word, in the command: ‘You will love^* your neighbor like yourself.’ {Lev 19:18} ^5:15 But if you^° are biting and devouring one another, beware^°, that you^° might not be consumed by one another.

 

             ^5:16 But I am saying, walk^° by the Spirit and you^° should never complete the lust of the flesh. ^5:17 For^* the flesh lusts against the Spirit and the Spirit against the flesh, and these lay in opposition to one another, in-order-that you^° may not do^* these things which you^° would wish. ^5:18 But if you^° are led by the] Spirit, you^° are not under the] law.

             ^5:19 Now the works of the flesh are apparent, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, unbridled-lust, ^5:20 idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, strifes, jealousies, furies, selfish ambitions, dissensions, sects, ^5:21 envies, murders, drunkennesses, revelings and things similar to these things; which I am saying to you^° beforehand, also just-as I foretold to you^°, that the ones practicing such things, they will not be inheriting the kingdom of God! {1Co 6:9-10}

             ^5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love^*, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, ^5:23 meekness and self-control. There is no law against such. ^5:24 But the ones who are of the Christ crucified the flesh together-with its passions and lusts.

 

             ^5:25 If we are living in the Spirit, we should also march in the Spirit. ^5:26 Do^° not become conceited, inflaming one another, envying one another.