(A)You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying (B)the truth? This persuasion is not from (C)him who calls you. (D)A little leaven leavens the whole lump. 10 (E)I have confidence in the Lord that you will (F)take no other view, and (G)the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is. 11 But if I, brothers,[a] still preach[b] circumcision, (H)why am I still being persecuted? In that case (I)the offense of the cross has been removed. 12 I wish (J)those who unsettle you would emasculate themselves!

13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. (K)Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love (L)serve one another. 14 For (M)the whole law is fulfilled in one word: (N)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 15 But if you (O)bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.

Keep in Step with the Spirit

16 But I say, (P)walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify (Q)the desires of the flesh. 17 For (R)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, (S)to keep you from doing the things you want to do. 18 But if you are (T)led by the Spirit, (U)you are not under the law.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 5:11 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 13
  2. Galatians 5:11 Greek proclaim

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