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