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Stand fasttherefore in the libertywherewithChrist hath madeusfree , andbenotentangledagain with the yoke of bondage.2Behold,IPaulsay unto you,thatif ye be circumcised , Christ shall profityounothing.3For I testifyagain to everyman that is circumcised , that he is a debtor to do the wholelaw.4Christ is become of no effect unto you , whosoever of you are justifiedby the law; ye are fallen fromgrace.5Forwe through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousnessbyfaith.6ForinJesusChristneithercircumcisionavaileth any thing,noruncircumcision;butfaith which workethbylove.7
Ye did runwell;who did hinderyoua that ye shouldnotobey the truth?8
This persuasion cometh notof him that callethyou.9
A littleleavenleaveneth the wholelump.10I have confidenceinyouthrough the Lord,that ye will benoneotherwiseminded : but he that troublethyou shall bear his judgment,whosoever he be .
11AndI,brethren,ifIyetpreachcircumcision,why do Iyet suffer persecution ? thenis the offence of the crossceased .
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I would they wereeven cut off which troubleyou.13For,brethren,ye have been calleduntoliberty;only use notlibertyfor an occasion to the flesh,butbyloveserve one another.14Forall the law is fulfilledinoneword, even in this; Thou shalt lovethyneighbourasthyself.15Butif ye biteanddevour one another, take heed that ye benotconsumedoneofanother.16
This I saythen,Walk in the Spirit,and ye shallnotfulfil the lust of the flesh.17For the fleshlustethagainst the Spirit,and the Spiritagainst the flesh:andthese are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannotdo the thingsthatyewould .
18Butif ye be led of the Spirit, ye arenotunder the law.19Now the works of the flesharemanifest,whichare these; Adultery,fornication,uncleanness,lasciviousness,20Idolatry,witchcraft,hatred,variance,emulations,wrath,strife,seditions,heresies,21Envyings,murders,drunkenness,revellings,andsuchlike: of the which I tellyoubefore , as I havealso told you in time past , that they which do such thingsshallnotinherit the kingdom of God.22But the fruit of the Spiritislove,joy,peace,longsuffering,gentleness,goodness,faith,23Meekness,temperance:againstsuch there isnolaw.24And they that areChrist's have crucified the fleshwith the affectionsbandlusts.25If we live in the Spirit, let usalsowalk in the Spirit.