1 F or freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.

¶ Stand fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ has made us free and do not be entangled again with the yoke of slavery.

2 B ehold, I Paul say unto you, that, if ye receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.

Behold, I, Paul, say unto you that if ye become circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.

3 Y ea, I testify again to every man that receiveth circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

For I testify again to every man that becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

4 Y e are severed from Christ, ye would be justified by the law; ye are fallen away from grace.

Ye are empty of the Christ, whosoever of you that justify yourselves by the law; ye are fallen from grace.

5 F or we through the Spirit by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.

For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

6 F or in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails anything nor uncircumcision, but faith which works by charity.

7 Y e were running well; who hindered you that ye should not obey the truth?

Ye did run well; who hindered you that ye should not trust in the truth?

8 T his persuasion came not of him that calleth you.

This persuasion does not come of him that called you.

9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

10 I have confidence to you-ward in the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.

I have confidence in you through the Lord that ye will not be otherwise minded, but he that troubles you shall bear his judgment, whoever he is.

11 B ut I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? then hath the stumbling-block of the cross been done away.

And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? Then is the offence of the cross ceased.

12 I would that they that unsettle you would even go beyond circumcision.

I even desire that those who trouble you would cut themselves off.

13 F or ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only use not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.

¶ For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only do not use liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by charity serve one another.

14 F or the whole law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

15 B ut if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.

But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye are not consumed one of another.

16 B ut I say, walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

17 F or the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that ye would.

For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary the one to the other, so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

18 B ut if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

But if ye are led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

19 N ow the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

20 i dolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties,

idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

21 e nvyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; which I denounce, as I have also told you in time past that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

22 B ut the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

But the fruit of the Spirit is this: Charity, joy, peace, tolerance, gentleness, goodness, faith,

23 m eekness, self-control; against such there is no law.

meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

24 A nd they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof.

For those that are of the Christ have crucified the flesh with its affections and lusts.

25 I f we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk.

If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

26 L et us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another.

Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.