Galatians 5:13-18

New International Reader's Version

Living by the Holy Spirit’s Power

¹³ My brothers and sisters, you were chosen to be free. But don’t use your freedom as an excuse to live under the power of sin. Instead, serve one another in love. ¹⁴ The whole law is fulfilled by obeying this one command. “Love your neighbor as you love yourself.” (Leviticus 19:18) ¹⁵ If you say or do things that harm one another, watch out! You could end up destroying one another.

¹⁶ So I say, live by the Holy Spirit’s power. Then you will not do what your desires controlled by sin want you to do. ¹⁷ The desires controlled by sin do not want what the Spirit delights in. And the Spirit does not want what the desires controlled by sin delight in. The two are at war with each other. That’s why you are not supposed to do whatever you want. ¹⁸ But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the authority of the law.