Galatians 5:1-15 - Live In Freedom And Love One Another

¹ The Messiah has set us free so that we may enjoy the benefits of freedom. So keep on standing firm in it, and stop putting yourselves under the yoke of slavery again. ² Listen! I, Paul, am telling you that if you allow yourselves to be circumcised, the Messiah will be of no benefit to you. ³ Again, I insist that everyone who allows himself to be circumcised is obligated to obey the entire Law. ⁴ Those of you who are trying to be justified by the Law have been cut off from the Messiah. You have fallen away from grace. ⁵ Through the Spirit by faith we confidently await the fulfillment of our righteous hope, ⁶ for in union with the Messiah Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision matters. What matters is faith expressed through love.

⁷ You were running the race beautifully. Who cut in on you and stopped you from obeying the truth? ⁸ Such influence does not come from the one who calls you. ⁹ A little yeast spreads through the whole batch of dough. ¹⁰ I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view of this. However, the one who is troubling you will suffer God's judgment, whoever he is. ¹¹ As for me, brothers, if I am still preaching the necessity of circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed. ¹² I wish that those who are upsetting you would castrate themselves!

¹³ For you, brothers, were called to freedom. Only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity to gratify your flesh, but through love make it your habit to serve one another. ¹⁴ For the whole Law is summarized in a single statement: "You must love your neighbor as yourself." ¹⁵ But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you are not destroyed by each other.