Galatians 5:1-12
New Matthew Bible
He labours to draw them away from circumcision. He shows them the battle between the Spirit and the flesh, and the fruits of them both.
5 Stand fast therefore in the liberty whereby Christ has made us free, and do not wrap yourselves again in a yoke of bondage. 2 Behold, I Paul say to you that if you are circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing at all. 3 I testify again to every man who gets circumcised that he is bound to keep the whole law. 4 You are gone quite from Christ, as many of you as would be justified by the law, and are fallen from grace. 5 We look for and hope in the Spirit to be justified through faith. 6 For in Jesus Christ neither is circumcision worth anything, nor yet uncircumcision, but faith, which by love is mighty in operation.
7 You were running well. Who got in your way, that you should not follow the truth? 8 This counsel is not of him who called you. 9 A little leaven does leaven the whole lump of dough.
10 I am confident of you in the Lord, that you will not be otherwise minded. He who troubles you will bear his judgment, whoever he is. 11 Brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why do I then yet suffer persecution? For then the offence that the cross gives is put away. 12 I would to God they were separated from you, those who trouble you.
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