1 S tand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

2 I ndeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.

3 A nd I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole law.

4 Y ou have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.

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

6 F or in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love. Love Fulfills the Law

7 Y ou ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?

8 T his persuasion does not come from Him who calls you.

9 A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

10 I have confidence in you, in the Lord, that you will have no other mind; but he who troubles you shall bear his judgment, whoever he is.

11 A nd I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why do I still suffer persecution? Then the offense of the cross has ceased.

12 I could wish that those who trouble you would even cut themselves off!

13 F or you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

14 F or all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

15 B ut if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another! Walking in the Spirit

16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

17 F or the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.

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

19 N ow the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness,

20 i dolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,

21 e nvy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

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

23 g entleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

24 A nd those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

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

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