Galatians 5
Paul warns the Galatians against returning to the yoke of servitude and reminds them that if they seek to be justified by the law, they will fall from grace. He emphasizes that faith working through charity is what truly matters, not circumcision or uncircumcision. Paul lists the works of the flesh, including fornication, lust, and envy, and contrasts them with the fruit of the Spirit, which includes charity, joy, and peace. He exhorts the Galatians to walk by the Spirit and not to provoke or envy one another.
1Stand firm, and do not be willing to be again held by the yoke of servitude2Behold, I, Paul, say to you, that if you have been circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you3For I again testify, about every man circumcising himself, that he is obligated to act according to the entire law4You are being emptied of Christ, you who are being justified by the law. You have fallen from grace5For in spirit, by faith, we await the hope of justice6For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision prevails over anything, but only faith which works through charity7You have run well. So what has impeded you, that you would not obey the truth8This kind of influence is not from him who is calling you9A little leaven corrupts the whole mass10I have confidence in you, in the Lord, that you will accept nothing of the kind. However, he who disturbs you shall bear the judgment, whomever he may be11And as for me, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still suffering persecution? For then the scandal of the Cross would be made empty12And I wish that those who disturb you would be torn away13For you, brothers, have been called to liberty. Only you must not make liberty into an occasion for the flesh, but instead, serve one another through the charity of the Spirit14For the entire law is fulfilled by one word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself.15But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you are not consumed by one another16So then, I say: Walk in the spirit, and you will not fulfill the desires of the flesh17For the flesh desires against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh. And since these are against one another, you may not do whatever you want18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law19Now the works of the flesh are manifest; they are: fornication, lust, homosexuality, self-indulgence20the serving of idols, drug use, hostility, contentiousness, jealousy, wrath, quarrels, dissensions, divisions21envy, murder, inebriation, carousing, and similar things. About these things, I continue to preach to you, as I have preached to you: that those who act in this way shall not obtain the kingdom of God22But the fruit of the Spirit is charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, forbearance23meekness, faith, modesty, abstinence, chastity. There is no law against such things24For those who are Christ’s have crucified their flesh, along with its vices and desires25If we live by the Spirit, we should also walk by the Spirit26Let us not become desirous of empty glory, provoking one another, envying one another
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