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.

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

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

Behold, I Paul say unto you, that, if ye receive circumcision, 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ye were running well; who hindered you that ye should not obey the truth?

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

This persuasion came not of him that calleth you.

9 A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

A little leaven leaveneth 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

For 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.

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

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

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

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

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

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil 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.

For 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.

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

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

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

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

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

idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties,

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.

envyings, 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.

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

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

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

meekness, 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.

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

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

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

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

Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another.