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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.
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Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Messiah has made us free, and don't be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
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.
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Behold, I, Sha'ul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Messiah will profit you nothing.
3 Again I declare to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.
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Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is a debtor to do 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.
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You are alienated from Messiah, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.
5 For through the Spirit we eagerly await by faith the righteousness for which we hope.
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For we, through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.
6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
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For in Messiah Yeshua neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.
7 You were running a good race. Who cut in on you to keep you from obeying the truth?
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You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth?
8 That kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you.
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This persuasion is not from him who calls you.
9 “A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough.”
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A little yeast grows through the whole lump.
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.
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I have confidence toward you in the Lord that you will think no other way. But he who troubles you will bear his judgment, whoever he is.
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.
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But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling-block of the cross has been removed.
12 As for those agitators, I wish they would go the whole way and emasculate themselves!
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I wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off.
13 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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For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don't use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.
14 For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
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For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
15 If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.
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But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don't consume one another.
16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
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But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won't fulfill the lust of the flesh.
17 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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For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary the one to the other, that you may not do the things that you desire.
18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
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But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery;
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Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness,
20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions
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idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,
21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
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envyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, shalom, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
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gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
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Those who belong to Messiah have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.
25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
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If we live by the Spirit, let's also walk by the Spirit.
26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.
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Let's not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another.
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