Galatians - Chapter 5 | New King James Version

  • 1. Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free,* and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
  • 2. Indeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.
  • 3. And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole law.
  • 4. You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.
  • 5. For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
  • 6. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love.
  • 7. You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?
  • 8. This persuasion does not come from Him who calls you.
  • 9. A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
  • 10. I have confidence in you, in the Lord, that you will have no other mind; but he who troubles you shall bear his judgment, whoever he is.
  • 11. And I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why do I still suffer persecution? Then the offense of the cross has ceased.
  • 12. I could wish that those who trouble you would even cut themselves off!
  • 13. For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
  • 14. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." {cf2super [18]}
  • 15. But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!
  • 16. I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not 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, so that you do not do the things that you wish.
  • 18. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
  • 19. Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, {cf2super [19]} fornication, uncleanness, lewdness,
  • 20. idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,
  • 21. envy, murders, {cf2super [20]} drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
  • 22. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
  • 23. gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
  • 24. And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
  • 25. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
  • 26. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
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