Galatians 5:7-15

English Standard Version

^7 (A)You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying ^(B)the truth? ⁸ This persuasion is not from ^(C)him who calls you. ^9 (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.