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

¹ stand firm then, and do not be again entangled in a yoke of bondage. ² Listen to me! I, Paul, declare to you that if you are to continue to follow the rite of circumcision, Christ will be no profit to you. ³ I solemnly testify to every man who submits to circumcision that he obligates himself to keep the whole Law. ⁴ If you are being justified by law, you are cut off from Christ; you are fallen away from grace. ⁵ But we are not, for we through the Spirit are eagerly waiting by faith for a hope of righteousness (a hope well founded); ⁶ because in Christ neither circumcision has any value, nor uncircumcision, but faith which works through love.

⁷ You were running your race nobly. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? ⁸ The influence brought to bear does not come from him who is calling you. ⁹ A little leaven is leavening the whole lump. ¹⁰ As for me, I am fully trusting you in the Lord that you will be no otherwise minded; but he who is trying to unsettle you will have to bear his punishment, whoever he may be. ¹¹ But I, brothers, if I "still preach circumcision," why am I still persecuted? Then surely the stumbling-block of the Cross has ceased to be an obstacle! ¹² Would to God that those who are trying to unsettle you would even have themselves mutilated.

¹³ For you, brothers, were called for freedom; only do not make your freedom an excuse for self-indulgence, but in love enslave yourselves to one another. ¹⁴ For the whole Law has been fulfilled in this one precept, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. ¹⁵ But if you are always biting and devouring one another, take heed lest you be utterly consumed one by another.