[1] For freedom Christ has set us free; stand fast therefore, and do not
submit again to a yoke of slavery. [2] Now I, Paul, say to you that if you
receive circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you. [3] I testify
again to every man who receives circumcision that he is bound to keep the
whole law. [4] You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by
the law; you have fallen away from grace. [5] For through the Spirit, by
faith, we wait for the hope of righteousness. [6] For in Christ Jesus
neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is of any avail, but faith working
through love. [7] You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the
truth? [8] This persuasion is not from him who calls you. [9] A little
leaven leavens the whole lump. [10] I have confidence in the Lord that you
will take no other view than mine; and he who is troubling you will bear
his judgment, whoever he is. [11] But if I, brethren, still preach
circumcision, why am I still persecuted? In that case the stumbling block
of the cross has been removed. [12] I wish those who unsettle you would
mutilate themselves! [13] For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do
not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be
servants of one another. [14] For the whole law is fulfilled in one word,
"You shall love your neighbor as yourself." [15] But if you bite and devour
one another take heed that you are not consumed by one another. [16] But I
say, walk by the Spirit, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh. [17]
For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the
Spirit are against the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, to
prevent you from doing what you would. [18] But if you are led by the
Spirit you are not under the law. [19] Now the works of the flesh are
plain: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, [20] idolatry, sorcery,
enmity, strife, jealousy, anger, selfishness, dissension, party spirit,
[21] envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I warned
you before, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of
God. [22] But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience,
kindness, goodness, faithfulness, [23] gentleness, self-control; against
such there is no law. [24] And those who belong to Christ Jesus have
crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. [25] If we live by the
Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. [26] Let us have no self-conceit,
no provoking of one another, no envy of one another.
