[1] Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free,
and don`t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. [2] Behold, I, Paul,
tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.
[3] Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is
a debtor to do the whole law. [4] You are alienated from Christ, you desire
to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace. [5] For we,
through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness. [6] For in
Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision,
but faith working through love. [7] You were running well! Who interfered
with you that you should not obey the truth? [8] This persuasion is not
from him who calls you. [9] A little yeast grows through the whole lump.
[10] I have confidence toward you in the Lord that you will think no other
way. But he who troubles you will bear his judgment, whoever he is. [11]
But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted?
Then the stumbling-block of the cross has been removed. [12] I wish that
those who disturb you would cut themselves off. [13] For you, brothers,
were called for freedom. Only don`t use your freedom for gain to the flesh,
but through love be servants to one another. [14] For the whole law is
fulfilled in one word, in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
[15] But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don`t
consume one another. [16] But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won`t
fulfill the lust of the flesh. [17] For the flesh lusts against the Spirit,
and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the
other, that you may not do the things that you desire. [18] But if you are
led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. [19] Now the works of the
flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness,
lustfulness, [20] idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts
of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies, [21] envyings, murders,
drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even
as I did forewarn you, that those who practice such things will not inherit
the kingdom of God. [22] But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, [23] gentleness, and
self-control. Against such things there is no law. [24] Those who belong to
Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts. [25] If
we live by the Spirit, let`s also walk by the Spirit. [26] Let`s not become
conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another.
