| 5:1 | For freedom* Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke* of slavery. |
| 5:2 | Listen! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you at all! |
| 5:3 | And I testify again to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey* the whole law. |
| 5:4 | You who are trying to be declared righteous* by the law have been alienated* from Christ; you have fallen away from grace! |
| 5:5 | For through the Spirit, by faith, we wait expectantly for the hope of righteousness. |
| 5:6 | For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight – the only thing that matters is faith working through love.* |
| 5:7 | You were running well; who prevented you from obeying* the truth? |
| 5:8 | This persuasion* does not come from the one who calls you! |
| 5:9 | A little yeast makes the whole batch of dough rise!* |
| 5:10 | I am confident* in the Lord that you will accept no other view.* But the one who is confusing* you will pay the penalty,* whoever he may be. |
| 5:11 | Now, brothers and sisters,* if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted?* In that case the offense of the cross* has been removed.* |
| 5:12 | I wish those agitators* would go so far as to* castrate themselves!* |
| 5:13 | For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters;* only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh,* but through love serve one another.* |
| 5:14 | For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment,* namely, “You must love your neighbor as yourself.”* |
| 5:15 | However, if you continually bite and devour one another,* beware that you are not consumed* by one another. |
| 5:16 | But I say, live* by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh.* |
| 5:17 | For the flesh has desires that are opposed to the Spirit, and the Spirit has desires* that are opposed to the flesh, for these are in opposition to* each other, so that you cannot do what you want. |
| 5:18 | But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. |
| 5:19 | Now the works of the flesh* are obvious:* sexual immorality, impurity, depravity, |
| 5:20 | idolatry, sorcery,* hostilities,* strife,* jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish rivalries, dissensions,* factions, |
| 5:21 | envying,* murder,* drunkenness, carousing,* and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God! |
| 5:22 | But the fruit of the Spirit* is love,* joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,* |
| 5:23 | gentleness, and* self-control. Against such things there is no law. |
| 5:24 | Now those who belong to Christ* have crucified the flesh* with its passions* and desires. |
| 5:25 | If we live by the Spirit, let us also behave in accordance with* the Spirit. |
| 5:26 | Let us not become conceited,* provoking* one another, being jealous* of one another. |
Galatians 5 - NET Bible [draft]
