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

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 become circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.

lo, I Paul do say to you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing;

3 F or I testify again to every man that becomes circumcised 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 empty of the Christ, whosoever of you that justify yourselves by the law; ye are fallen 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 wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

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

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

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

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

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

8 T his persuasion does not come of him that called you.

the obedience not of him who is calling you!

9 A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven;

10 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.

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

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

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

13 ¶ 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.

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 all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour 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 are 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 T his I say then, Walk in 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 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.

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 of 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: Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

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

20 i dolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

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

21 e nvyings, 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.

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 this: Charity, joy, peace, tolerance, gentleness, goodness, faith,

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

23 m eekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

meekness, temperance: against such there is no law;

24 F or those that are of the Christ have crucified the flesh with its affections and lusts.

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

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

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

26 L et us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

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