Galatians:5

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* Stand fast therefore in the freedom in which Christ has made us free , and do not be loaded down again with a yoke of bondage . * Indeed I , Paul , say to you that if you become circumcised , Christ will profit you nothing . * And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a obligated to keep the whole law . * You have become estranged from Christ , you who are justified by law ; you have fallen from grace . * For we by the Spirit eagerly await [for ] the hope of righteousness by faith . * For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything , but faith working through love . * You were running well ; who hindered you from obeying the truth ? * This persuasion does not come from Him who calls you . * A little leaven leavens the whole lump . * I have confidence in you , in the Lord , that you will be intent on nothing else ; but he who troubles you will bear his judgment , whoever he may be . * And I , brothers , if I still preach circumcision , why am I still persecuted ? In that case the offense of the cross has been done away with . * Oh that those who disturb you would even castrate themselves ! * For you , brothers were called to freedom ; only do not use freedom for an opportunity for the flesh , but through love serve one another . * For all the law is fulfilled in one word , in [this ]: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself ." * But if you bite and devour one another , watch out that you are not consumed by one another ! * I say then : Walk in the Spirit , and you shall by no means fulfill the lust of the flesh . * For the flesh lusts against the Spirit , and the Spirit against the flesh ; and these things oppose each other , so that you do not do the things that you wish . * But if you are led by the Spirit , you are not under the law . * Now the works of the flesh are manifest , which are : adultery , fornication , immorality , lewdness , * idolatry , sorcery , hatred , contentions , jealousies , outbursts of wrath , selfish ambitions , dissensions , factions , * envies , murders , drinking bouts , revelries , and the like ; which I tell you beforehand , just as I also told you in time past , that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God . * But the fruit of the Spirit is love , joy , peace , longsuffering , kindness , goodness , faithfulness , * gentleness , self-control-against such things there is no law . * And those who are Christ 's have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts . * If we live by the Spirit , let us also walk by the Spirit . * Let us not become conceited , provoking one another , envying one another .

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