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Galatians 5:1 (show verse)

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.

Galatians 5:2 (show verse)

Listen! I, Paul, am telling you that if you allow yourselves to be circumcised, the Messiah will be of no benefit to you.

Galatians 5:3 (show verse)

Again, I insist that everyone who allows himself to be circumcised is obligated to obey the entire Law.

Galatians 5:4 (show verse)

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.

Galatians 5:5 (show verse)

Through the Spirit by faith we confidently await the fulfillment of our righteous hope,

Galatians 5:6 (show verse)

for in union with the Messiah Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision matters. What matters is faith expressed through love.

Galatians 5:7 (show verse)

You were running the race beautifully. Who cut in on you and stopped you from obeying the truth?

Galatians 5:8 (show verse)

Such influence does not come from the one who calls you.

Galatians 5:9 (show verse)

A little yeast spreads through the whole batch of dough.

Galatians 5:10 (show verse)

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.

Galatians 5:11 (show verse)

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.

Galatians 5:12 (show verse)

I wish that those who are upsetting you would castrate themselves!

Galatians 5:13 (show verse)

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.

Galatians 5:14 (show verse)

For the whole Law is summarized in a single statement: "You must love your neighbor as yourself."

Galatians 5:15 (show verse)

But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you are not destroyed by each other.

Galatians 5:16 (show verse)

So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will never fulfill the desires of the flesh.

Galatians 5:17 (show verse)

For what the flesh wants is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit wants is opposed to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, and so you do not do what you want to do.

Galatians 5:18 (show verse)

But if you are being led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law.

Galatians 5:19 (show verse)

Now the actions of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, promiscuity,

Galatians 5:20 (show verse)

idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, rivalry, jealously, outbursts of anger, quarrels, conflicts, factions,

Galatians 5:21 (show verse)

envy, murder, drunkenness, wild partying, and things like that. I am telling you now, as I have told you in the past, that people who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Galatians 5:22 (show verse)

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Galatians 5:23 (show verse)

gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.

Galatians 5:24 (show verse)

Now those who belong to the Messiah Jesus have crucified their flesh with its passions and desires.

Galatians 5:25 (show verse)

Since we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also be guided.

Galatians 5:26 (show verse)

Let's stop being arrogant, provoking one another and envying one another.