Galatians 5

Moffatt^{(i) 1} with the freedom for which Christ set us free. Make a firm stand then, do not slip into any yoke of servitude. ² Here, listen to Paul! I tell you, if you get circumcised, Christ will be no use to you. ³ I insist on this again to everyone who gets circumcised, that he is obliged to carry out the whole of the Law. ⁴ You are for justification by the Law? Then you are done with Christ, you have deserted grace, ⁵ for it is by faith that 'we' wait in the Spirit for the righteousness we hope for; ⁶ in Christ Jesus circumcision is not valid, neither is uncircumcision, but only faith active in love. ⁷ You were doing splendidly. Who was it that prevented you from obeying the Truth? ⁸ That sort of suasion does not come from Him who called you! ⁹ (A morsel of dough will leaven the whole lump.) ¹⁰ I feel persuaded in the Lord that you will not go wrong. But he who unsettles you will have to meet his doom, no matter who he is. ¹¹ I am 'still preaching circumcision myself,' am I? Then, brothers, why am I still being persecuted? And so the stumbling-block of the cross has lost its force, forsooth! ¹² O that those who are upsetting you would get themselves castrated! ¹³ Brothers, you were called to be free; only, do not make your freedom an opening for the flesh, but serve one another in love. ¹⁴ For the entire Law is summed up in one word, in You must love your neighbour as yourself ¹⁵ (whereas, if you snap at each other and prey upon each other, take care in case you destroy one another). ¹⁶ I mean, lead the life of the Spirit; then you will never satisfy the passions of the flesh. ¹⁷ For the passion of the flesh is against the Spirit, and the passion of the Spirit against the flesh — the two are at issue, so that you are not free to do as you please. ¹⁸ If you are under the sway of the Spirit, you are not under the Law. ¹⁹ Now the deeds of the flesh are quite obvious, such as sexual vice, impurity, sensuality, ²⁰ idolatry, magic, quarrels, dissension, jealousy, temper, rivalry, factions, party-spirit, ²¹ envy, [murder], drinking bouts, revelry, and the like; I tell you beforehand as I have told you already, that people who indulge in such practices will never inherit the Realm of God. ²² But the harvest of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, good temper, kindliness, generosity, fidelity, ²³ gentleness, self-control: — there is no law against those who practise such things. ²⁴ Now those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its emotions and passions. ²⁵ As we live by the Spirit, let us be guided by the Spirit; ²⁶ let us have no vanity, no provoking, no envy of one another.