Galatians:5

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* Stand fast therefore in the libertie wherewith Christ hath made vs free , and be not intangled againe with the yoke of bondage . * * For I testifie againe to euery man , which is circumcised , that he is bound to keepe the whole Lawe . * Christ is (note :)That is , as he himself expounds it afterward , «ye are fallen from grace .»(:note ) become of no effect unto you , whosoever of you are That is , seek to be justified by the Law , for indeed no man is justified by the Law . justified by the law ; ye are fallen from grace . * * * * * * * * * For , brethren , ye have been called unto liberty ; (note :)The third part of this epistle , showing that the right use of Christian liberty consists of this , that being delivered and set at liberty from the slavery of sin and the flesh , and being obedient to the Spirit , we should through love help each other to mature in their salvation .(:note ) only [use ] not liberty for an occasion to the flesh , but by love serve one another . * * * * For the (note :)For the flesh dwells even in the regenerated man , but the Spirit reigns , even though not without great strife , as is largely set forth in (Romans . strkjv @7:1-25 ).(:note ) flesh lusteth against the Spirit , and the Spirit against the flesh : and these are contrary the one to the other : so that ye cannot do the things that ye would . * And if ye be led by the Spirit , ye are not vnder the Lawe . * * Idolatrie , witchcraft , hatred , debate , emulations , wrath , contentions , seditions , heresies , * Enuie , murthers , drunkennesse , gluttonie , and such like , whereof I tell you before , as I also haue tolde you before , that they which doe such things , shall not inherite the kingdome of God . * But the (note :)Therefore they are not the fruits of free will , but only as far forth as our will is made free by grace .(:note ) fruit of the Spirit is love , joy , peace , longsuffering , gentleness , goodness , faith , * Meekness , temperance : (note :)Lest that any man should object that Paul plays the deceiver , as one who urging the Spirit urges nothing but that which the Law commands , he shows that he requires not that literal and outward obedience , but spiritual , which proceeds not from the Law but from the Spirit of Christ , who gives us new birth , and must and ought to be the ruler and guider of our life .(:note ) against such there is no law . * For they that are Christes , haue crucified the flesh with the affections and the lustes . * If we (note :)If we are indeed endued with the quickening Spirit , who causes us to die to sin , and live to God , let us show it in our deeds , that is , by holiness of life .(:note ) live in the Spirit , let us also walk in the Spirit . *

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