Galatians 5 Stand firm therefore in the freedom with which Christ has made us free, and do not be burdened again with a yoke of slavery.

WPNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Stand firm therefore in the freedom with which Christ has made us free, and do not be burdened again with a yoke of slavery. ² Listen! I, Paul, say to you that if you get circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing. ³ Further, I testify again to every man who gets circumcised that he is obligated to keep the whole law. ⁴ You who are ‘being justified’ by law have been alienated from the Christ; you have fallen away from the grace. ⁵ For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. ⁶ Because in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love. ⁷ You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth? ⁸ This persuasion is not from Him who calls you. ⁹ A little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough. ¹⁰ I have confidence toward you in the Lord that you will not think differently; but he who troubles you will bear the penalty, whoever he may be. ¹¹ But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that event the offense of the cross would have been removed. ¹² I do wish that those who are upsetting you would just remove themselves! ¹³ Now you, brothers, have been called to freedom; only do not use that freedom as an opening for the flesh, but slave for one another through love. ¹⁴ For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, namely: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself”. ¹⁵ But if you bite and tear at each other, beware lest you be consumed by one another! ¹⁶ I say then: walk in the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh. ¹⁷ Because the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh; they oppose each other; it follows that you may not do the things that you wish. ¹⁸ However, if you are led by the Spirit you are not under a law. ¹⁹ Now the works of the flesh are obvious, namely: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness, ²⁰ idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, fits of anger, selfish ambition, dissentions, factions, ²¹ envyings, murders, drinking bouts, orgies, and the like; about which I am warning you beforehand, as, in fact, I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God. ²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³ gentleness, self-control—against such things there is no law. ²⁴ Further, those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. ²⁵ Since we live by the Spirit, let us also conform to the Spirit. ²⁶ Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.