Galatians 5

¹For freedom Christ has set us free ; stand firm therefore , and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery .

²Look : I , Paul , say to you that if you accept circumcision , Christ will be of no advantage to you .

³I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is obligated to keep the whole law .

⁴You are severed from Christ , you who would be justified by the law ; you have fallen away from grace .

⁵For through the Spirit , by faith , we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness .

⁶For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything , but only faith working through love .

⁷You were running well . Who hindered you from obeying the truth ?

⁸This persuasion is not from him who calls you .

⁹A little leaven leavens the whole lump .

¹⁰I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view , and the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty , whoever he is .

¹¹But if I , brothers , still preach circumcision , why am I still being persecuted ? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed .

¹²I wish those who unsettle you would emasculate themselves !

¹³For you were called to freedom , brothers . Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh , but through love serve one another .

¹⁴For the whole law is fulfilled in one word : You shall love your neighbor as yourself .

¹⁵But if you bite and devour one another , watch out that you are not consumed by one another .

¹⁶But I say , walk by the Spirit , and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh .

¹⁷For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit , and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh , for these are opposed to each other , to keep you from doing the things you want to do.

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

¹⁹Now the works of the flesh are evident : sexual immorality , impurity , sensuality ,

²⁰idolatry , sorcery , enmity , strife , jealousy , fits of anger , rivalries , dissensions , divisions ,

²¹envy , drunkenness , orgies , and things like these . I warn you , as I warned you before , that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God .

²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love , joy , peace , patience , kindness , goodness , faithfulness ,

²³gentleness , self-control ; against such things there is no law .

²⁴And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires .

²⁵If we live by the Spirit , let us also keep in step with the Spirit .

²⁶Let us not become conceited , provoking one another , envying one another .