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

In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free -- stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude;

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

lo, I Paul do say to you, that if ye be 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.

and I testify again to every man 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 were freed from the Christ, ye who in law are declared righteous; from the grace ye fell away;

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

for we by the Spirit, by faith, a hope of righteousness do wait for,

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

for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith through love working.

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

Ye were running well; who did hinder you -- not to obey the truth?

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

the obedience not of him who is calling you!

9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven;

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 regard to you in the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded; and he who is troubling you shall bear the judgment, whoever he may be.

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 uncircumcision I yet preach, why yet am I persecuted? then hath the stumbling-block of the cross been done away;

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

O that even they would cut themselves off who are unsettling you!

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 ye -- to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye 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 in one word is fulfilled -- in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself;'

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

and if one another ye do bite and devour, see -- that ye may not by one another be consumed.

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

And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete;

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 doth desire contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit contrary to the flesh, and these are opposed one to another, that the things that ye may will -- these ye may not do;

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

and if by the Spirit ye are led, ye are not under law.

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

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

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

idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, strifes, emulations, wraths, rivalries, dissensions, sects,

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, drunkennesses, revellings, and such like, of which I tell you before, as I also said before, that those doing such things the reign of God shall not inherit.

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

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, 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.

and those who are Christ's, the flesh did crucify with the affections, and the desires;

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

if we may live in the Spirit, in the Spirit also we may walk;

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

let us not become vain-glorious -- one another provoking, one another envying!