1 S tand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t 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 B ehold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.

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

3 Y es, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is a debtor to do 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 are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away 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, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.

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

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

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

7 Y ou were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth?

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

8 T his persuasion is not from him who calls you.

This persuasion came not of him that calleth you.

9 A little yeast grows through the whole lump.

A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

10 I have confidence toward you in the Lord that you will think no other way. But he who troubles you will 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 B ut I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been removed.

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 wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off.

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

13 F or you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to 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 the whole law is fulfilled in one word, 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, be careful that you don’t consume one another.

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

16 B ut I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t 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, that you may not do the things that you desire.

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 deeds of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness,

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

20 i dolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,

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

21 e nvy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.

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, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

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

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

meekness, self-control; against such there is no law.

24 T hose who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.

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

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

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

26 L et’s not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another.

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