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I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by believing what you heard?
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Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?
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So again I ask, does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you by the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard?
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He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
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So also, when we were underage, we were in slavery under the elemental spiritual forces of the world.
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Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.”
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At that time the son born according to the flesh persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit. It is the same now.
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For through the Spirit we eagerly await by faith the righteousness for which we hope.
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Life by the Spirit
You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.
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So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
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For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want.
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But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
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Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
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Doing Good to All
Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted.
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Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers and sisters. Amen.
