Galatians 5:1-15 - Live In Freedom And Love One Another
1 For freedom did Christ make us free; stand fast, therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage. 2 Behold, I, Paul, say to you, that, if ye be circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing. 3 And I testify again to every man who is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. 4 Ye were separated from Christ, whoever of you are being justified by law; ye fell out of grace; 5 for we, in the Spirit, wait, by faith, for the hope of righteousness. 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.
7 Ye were running well; who hindered you, that ye should not obey the truth, 8 The persuasion is not from Him Who calleth you. 9 A little leaven leavens the whole lump. 10 I have confidence toward you in the Lord, that ye will regard nothing else; but he who is troubling you shall bear his sentence, whosoever he may be. 11 But I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? then the stumbling-block of the cross has been done away! 12 O that those who are unsettling you would even cut themselves off!
13 For ye were called to freedom, brethren; only use not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love serve one another; 14 for the whole law has been fulfilled in one word, in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." 15 But, if ye bite and devour one another, beware, lest ye be consumed by one another.