¹ Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

² Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.

³ Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

⁴ You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.

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

⁶ For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

⁷ You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth?

⁸ This persuasion is not from him who calls you.

⁹ A little yeast grows through the whole lump.

¹⁰ I have confidence toward you in the Lord that you will think no other way. But he who troubles you will bear his judgment, whoever he is.

¹¹ But I, brothers, if I still proclaim circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been removed.

¹² I wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off.

¹³ For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only do not use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

¹⁴ For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."¹

1. Leviticus 19:18

¹⁵ But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you do not consume one another.

¹⁶ But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh.

¹⁷ For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.

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

¹⁹ Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are:¹ sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness,

1. NU P Vg. M TR add "adultery"

²⁰ idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,

²¹ envyings,¹ drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

1. M TR add "murders"

²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,¹

1. Or, "faithfulness"

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

²⁴ Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.

²⁵ If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.

²⁶ Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another.