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Galatians 5

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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¹ Christ has liberated us to be free. Stand firm ⓐ then and don’t submit again to a yoke of slavery.

² Take note! I, Paul, tell you that if you get yourselves circumcised, Christ will not benefit you at all.

³ Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to keep the entire law.

⁴ You who are trying to be justified by the law are alienated from Christ; you have fallen from grace. ⓑ

⁵ For through the Spirit, by faith, we eagerly wait ⓒ for the hope ⓓ of righteousness.

⁶ For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision accomplishes anything; what matters is faith ⓔ working through love. ⓕ

⁷ You were running well. Who prevented you from obeying the truth? ⓖ

⁸ This persuasion did not come from the One who called you. ⓗ

⁹ A little yeast leavens the whole lump of dough.

¹⁰ I have confidence in the Lord you will not accept any other view. But whoever it is that is confusing you will pay the penalty. ⓘ

¹¹ Now brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross ⓙ has been abolished.

¹² I wish those who are disturbing you might also get themselves castrated!

¹³ For you were called ⓚ to be free, brothers; only don’t use this freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but serve one another through love.

¹⁴ For the entire law is fulfilled ⓛ in one statement: Love your neighbor as yourself. ⓜ [1]

¹⁵ But if you bite and devour ⓝ one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.

¹⁶ I say then, walk by the Spirit ⓞ and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.

¹⁷ For the flesh desires ⓟ what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you don’t do what you want. ⓠ

¹⁸ But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

¹⁹ Now the works of the flesh are obvious: [2] [3] sexual immorality, ⓡ moral impurity, ⓢ promiscuity, ⓣ

²⁰ idolatry, ⓤ sorcery, ⓥ hatreds, ⓦ strife, ⓧ jealousy, ⓨ outbursts of anger, ⓩ selfish ambitions, ⓐ dissensions, ⓑ factions, ⓒ

²¹ envy, [4] ⓓ drunkenness, carousing, ⓔ and anything similar. I tell you about these things in advance — as I told you before — that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. ⓕ

²² But the fruit of the Spirit ⓖ is love, ⓗ joy, ⓘ peace, patience, ⓙ kindness, ⓚ goodness, faith, [5]

²³ gentleness, ⓛ self-control. ⓜ Against such things there is no law.

²⁴ Now those who belong to Christ Jesus ⓝ have crucified the flesh ⓞ with its passions and desires. ⓟ

²⁵ Since we live ⓠ by the Spirit, we must also follow the Spirit.

²⁶ We must not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. ⓡ

#	HCSB
1	Christ has liberated us to be free. Stand firm ⓐ then and don’t submit again to a yoke of slavery.
2	Take note! I, Paul, tell you that if you get yourselves circumcised, Christ will not benefit you at all.
3	Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to keep the entire law.
4	You who are trying to be justified by the law are alienated from Christ; you have fallen from grace. ⓑ
5	For through the Spirit, by faith, we eagerly wait ⓒ for the hope ⓓ of righteousness.
6	For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision accomplishes anything; what matters is faith ⓔ working through love. ⓕ
7	You were running well. Who prevented you from obeying the truth? ⓖ
8	This persuasion did not come from the One who called you. ⓗ
9	A little yeast leavens the whole lump of dough.
10	I have confidence in the Lord you will not accept any other view. But whoever it is that is confusing you will pay the penalty. ⓘ
11	Now brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross ⓙ has been abolished.
12	I wish those who are disturbing you might also get themselves castrated!
13	For you were called ⓚ to be free, brothers; only don’t use this freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but serve one another through love.
14	For the entire law is fulfilled ⓛ in one statement: Love your neighbor as yourself. ⓜ [1]
15	But if you bite and devour ⓝ one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.
16	I say then, walk by the Spirit ⓞ and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.
17	For the flesh desires ⓟ what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you don’t do what you want. ⓠ
18	But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
19	Now the works of the flesh are obvious: [2] [3] sexual immorality, ⓡ moral impurity, ⓢ promiscuity, ⓣ
20	idolatry, ⓤ sorcery, ⓥ hatreds, ⓦ strife, ⓧ jealousy, ⓨ outbursts of anger, ⓩ selfish ambitions, ⓐ dissensions, ⓑ factions, ⓒ
21	envy, [4] ⓓ drunkenness, carousing, ⓔ and anything similar. I tell you about these things in advance — as I told you before — that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. ⓕ
22	But the fruit of the Spirit ⓖ is love, ⓗ joy, ⓘ peace, patience, ⓙ kindness, ⓚ goodness, faith, [5]
23	gentleness, ⓛ self-control. ⓜ Against such things there is no law.
24	Now those who belong to Christ Jesus ⓝ have crucified the flesh ⓞ with its passions and desires. ⓟ
25	Since we live ⓠ by the Spirit, we must also follow the Spirit.
26	We must not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. ⓡ

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^{Galatians 5:13 [24]} In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verses 16, 17, 19 and 24; and in 6:8.

^{Galatians 5:14 [25]} Lev. 19:18

^{Galatians 5:17 [26]} Or you do not do what

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