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

It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.

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

Behold I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no benefit to you.

3 a nd I testify again to every man circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law;

And I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is under obligation to keep the whole Law.

4 y e were freed from the Christ, ye who in law are declared righteous; from the grace ye fell away;

You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.

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

For we through the Spirit, by faith, are waiting for the hope of righteousness.

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

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

7 Y e were running well; who did hinder you -- not to obey the truth?

You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth?

8 t he obedience not of him who is calling you!

This persuasion did not come from Him who calls you.

9 a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven;

A little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough.

10 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.

I have confidence in you in the Lord that you will adopt no other view; but the one who is disturbing you will bear his judgment, whoever he is.

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

But I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been abolished.

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

I wish that those who are troubling you would even mutilate themselves.

13 F or 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,

For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

14 f or all the law in one word is fulfilled -- in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself;'

For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, “ You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

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

But if you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not consumed by one another.

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

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.

17 f or 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;

For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you please.

18 a nd if by the Spirit ye are led, ye are not under law.

But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law.

19 A nd manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality,

20 i dolatry, witchcraft, hatred, strifes, emulations, wraths, rivalries, dissensions, sects,

idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions,

21 e nvyings, 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.

envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

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

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

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

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

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

Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

25 i f we may live in the Spirit, in the Spirit also we may walk;

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

26 l et us not become vain-glorious -- one another provoking, one another envying!

Let us not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another.