For through the Spirit we eagerly await by faith the righteousness for which we hope.(A) For in Christ Jesus(B) neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value.(C) The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.(D)

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For we through the Spirit eagerly (A)wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. For (B)in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but (C)faith working through love.

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For we, [a]through the Spirit, [b]by faith, are (A)waiting for the hope of righteousness. For in (B)Christ Jesus (C)neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but (D)faith working through love.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 5:5 Lit by
  2. Galatians 5:5 Lit out of

But we who live by the Spirit eagerly wait to receive by faith the righteousness God has promised to us. For when we place our faith in Christ Jesus, there is no benefit in being circumcised or being uncircumcised. What is important is faith expressing itself in love.

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4-6 I suspect you would never intend this, but this is what happens. When you attempt to live by your own religious plans and projects, you are cut off from Christ, you fall out of grace. Meanwhile we expectantly wait for a satisfying relationship with the Spirit. For in Christ, neither our most conscientious religion nor disregard of religion amounts to anything. What matters is something far more interior: faith expressed in love.

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