Galatians 5:4-14

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!

Life by the Spirit

13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh[a] ; rather, serve one another humbly in love.
14 For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”[b]

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Cross References 20

  • 1. S Romans 3:28
  • 2. Hebrews 12:15; 2 Peter 3:17
  • 3. Romans 8:23,24
  • 4. S Romans 16:3
  • 5. S 1 Corinthians 7:19
  • 6. 1 Thessalonians 1:3; James 2:22
  • 7. S 1 Corinthians 9:24
  • 8. Galatians 3:1
  • 9. S Romans 8:28; Galatians 1:6
  • 10. 1 Corinthians 5:6
  • 11. S 2 Corinthians 2:3
  • 12. Philippians 3:15
  • 13. ver 12; Galatians 1:7
  • 14. Galatians 4:29; Galatians 6:12
  • 15. S Luke 2:34; 1 Corinthians 1:23
  • 16. ver 10
  • 17. S ver 1
  • 18. S ver 24; 1 Corinthians 8:9; 1 Peter 2:16
  • 19. 1 Corinthians 9:19; 2 Corinthians 4:5; Ephesians 5:21
  • 20. Leviticus 19:18; S Matthew 5:43; Galatians 6:2; Matthew 22:39

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. In contexts like this, the Greek word for "flesh" ("sarx" ) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verses 16, 17, 19 and 24; and in 6:8.
  • [b]. Lev. 19:18
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