Galatians 5

Revised Geneva Translation

5 Stand fast, therefore, in the liberty whereby Christ has made us free. And be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

² Behold, I, Paul, say to you, that if you shall become circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.

³ For I testify again to every man who is circumcised, that he is under obligation to keep the whole Law.

⁴ You are severed from Christ. Whoever is justified by the Law, you are fallen from grace.

⁵ For we, through the Spirit, wait for the hope of righteousness through faith.

⁶ For in Jesus Christ, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith (which works by love).

⁷ You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?

⁸ It is not the persuasion of the One who calls you.

⁹ A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

¹⁰ I have confidence in you, through the Lord, that you will be single-minded. But he who troubles you shall bear condemnation, whoever he might be.

¹¹ And I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why do I still suffer persecution? Then the stumbling block of the cross is abolished.

¹² I even wish those who disquiet you would emasculate themselves.

¹³ For brothers, you have been called to freedom. Only, do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but by love serve one another.

¹⁴ For all the Law is fulfilled in one Word, which is this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

¹⁵ If, however, you bite and devour one another, take heed, for you might be consumed by one another.

¹⁶ Then I say, walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh.

¹⁷ For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh. And these are contrary one to another, so that you cannot do the things you would like.

¹⁸ And if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law.

¹⁹ Moreover, the works of the flesh are obvious: adultery, fornication, impurity, lewdness,

²⁰ idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, rivalry, dissensions, heresies,

²¹ envy, murders, drunkenness, gluttony, and the like. And, just as I have told you before, those who do such things shall not inherit the Kingdom of God.

²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

²³ gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.

²⁴ For those who are Christ’s, have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

²⁵ If we live in the Spirit, we should also walk in the Spirit.

²⁶ Let us not become boastful, provoking one another, envying one another.