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1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
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For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
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Listen! I, Paul, am telling you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you.
3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
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Once again I testify to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obliged to obey the entire law.
4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
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You who want to be justified by the law have cut yourselves off from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
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For through the Spirit, by faith, we eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.
6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
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For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that counts is faith working through love.
7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
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You were running well; who prevented you from obeying the truth?
8 This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.
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Such persuasion does not come from the one who calls you.
9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
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A little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough.
10 I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.
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I am confident about you in the Lord that you will not think otherwise. But whoever it is that is confusing you will pay the penalty.
11 And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.
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But my friends, why am I still being persecuted if I am still preaching circumcision? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed.
12 I would they were even cut off which trouble you.
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I wish those who unsettle you would castrate themselves!
13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
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For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one another.
14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
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For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
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If, however, you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not consumed by one another.
16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
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Live by the Spirit, I say, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh.
17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
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For what the flesh desires is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit desires is opposed to the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you want.
18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
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But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not subject to the law.
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
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Now the works of the flesh are obvious: fornication, impurity, licentiousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
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idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
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envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, as I warned you before: those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
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By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness,
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
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gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.
24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
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And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
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If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit.
26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
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Let us not become conceited, competing against one another, envying one another.
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