Galatians 5:1-6:18 - LSB - Legacy Standard Bible

Galatians 5:1-6:18

Christ Set Us Free

¹^aIt was for freedom that Christ set us free. Therefore, ^bstand firm and do not be subject again to a ^cyoke of slavery.
2 Behold I, ^aPaul, say to you that if you receive ^bcircumcision, Christ will be of no benefit to you. 3 And I ^atestify again to every man who receives ^bcircumcision, that he is under obligation to ^ckeep the whole Law. 4 You have been ¹severed from Christ, you who are being justified by law; you have ^afallen from grace! 5 For we ¹through the Spirit, ²by faith, are ^aeagerly waiting for the hope of righteousness. 6 For in ^aChrist Jesus ^bneither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but ^cfaith working through love.
7 You were ^arunning well; who hindered you from ¹obeying the truth? 8 This persuasion is not from ^aHim who calls you. 9 ^aA little leaven leavens the whole lump. 10 ^aI have confidence ¹in you in the Lord that you ^bwill adopt no other view. But the one who is ^cdisturbing you will bear his judgment, whoever he is. 11 But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still ^apersecuted? Then ^bthe stumbling block of the cross would have been abolished. 12 I wish that ^athose who are upsetting you would even ¹^bmutilate themselves.
13 For you were called to ^afreedom, brothers; ^bonly do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love ^cserve one another. 14 For ^athe whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “^bYou shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 15 But if you ^abite and devour one another, beware that you are not consumed by one another.

Walk by the Spirit

16 But I say, ^awalk by the Spirit and you will not carry out ^bthe desire of the flesh. 17 For ^athe flesh ¹sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, ^bso that you do not do the things that you want. 18 But if you are ^aled by the Spirit, ^byou are not under the Law. 19 Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: ^asexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, ^asorcery, enmities, ^bstrife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, ^cselfish ambition, dissensions, ¹^dfactions, 21 envying, ^adrunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not ^binherit the kingdom of God. 22 But ^athe fruit of the Spirit is ^blove, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, ^aself-control. Against such things ^bthere is no law. 24 Now those who ¹belong to ^aChrist Jesus ^bcrucified the flesh with its passions and ^cdesires.
25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also ¹walk in step with ^athe Spirit. 26 Let us not become those with ^avain glory, challenging one another, envying one another.

Bear One Another’s Burdens

^aBrothers, even if ¹anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are ^bspiritual, ^crestore such a one ^din a spirit of gentleness, each of you looking to yourself, so that you too will not be tempted. 2 ^aBear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill ^bthe law of Christ. 3 For ^aif anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. 4 But each one must ^aexamine his own work, and then he will have reason for ^bboasting in regard to himself alone, and not in regard to another. 5 For ^aeach one will bear his own load.
6 ^aAnd the one who is instructed in ^bthe word is to share in all good things with the one who instructs him. 7 ^aDo not be deceived, ^bGod is not mocked, for ^cwhatever a man sows, this he will also reap. 8 ^aFor the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap ^bcorruption, but ^cthe one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. 9 ^aAnd let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we ^bdo not grow weary. 10 So then, ¹^awhile we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the ^bhousehold of ^cthe faith.
11 See with what large letters I ¹am writing to you ^awith my own hand! 12 As many as are wanting ^ato make a good showing in the flesh, these are trying to ^bcompel you to be circumcised, simply so that they ^cwill not be persecuted ¹for the cross of Christ. 13 For those who ¹are circumcised do not even ^akeep ²the Law themselves, but they want to have you circumcised so that they may ^bboast in your flesh. 14 But ^amay it never be that I would boast, ^bexcept in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, ^cthrough ¹which the world has been crucified to me, and ^dI to the world. 15 For ^aneither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a ^bnew ¹creation. 16 And those who will ¹walk in step with this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the ^aIsrael of God.
17 From now on let no one cause trouble for me, for I bear on my body the ^amarks of Jesus.
18 ^aThe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be ^bwith your spirit, ^cbrothers. Amen.