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Galatians 5:1-12

New Century Version NCV

1 We have freedom now, because Christ made us free. So stand strong. Do not change and go back into the slavery of the law.

2 Listen, I Paul tell you that if you go back to the law by being circumcised, Christ does you no good.

3 Again, I warn every man: If you allow yourselves to be circumcised, you must follow all the law.

4 If you try to be made right with God through the law, your life with Christ is over -- you have left God's grace.

5 But we have the true hope that comes from being made right with God, and by the Spirit we wait eagerly for this hope.

6 When we are in Christ Jesus, it is not important if we are circumcised or not. The important thing is faith -- the kind of faith that works through love.

7 You were running a good race. Who stopped you from following the true way?

8 This change did not come from the One who chose you.

9 Be careful! "Just a little yeast makes the whole batch of dough rise."

10 But I trust in the Lord that you will not believe those different ideas. Whoever is confusing you with such ideas will be punished.

11 My brothers and sisters, I do not teach that a man must be circumcised. If I teach circumcision, why am I still being attacked? If I still taught circumcision, my preaching about the cross would not be a problem.

12 I wish the people who are bothering you would castraten themselves!

New International Version NIV

1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

2 Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.

3 Again I declare to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.

4 You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.

5 For through the Spirit we eagerly await by faith the righteousness for which we hope.

6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.

7 You were running a good race. Who cut in on you to keep you from obeying the truth?

8 That kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you.

9 “A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough.”

10 I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is throwing you into confusion, whoever that may be, will have to pay the penalty.

11 Brothers and sisters, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.

12 As for those agitators, I wish they would go the whole way and emasculate themselves!