Galatians 5 - LSB Bible Online

Galatians 5

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.

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