Galatians:5

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* Stand fast , therefore , in the freedom with which Christ has freed us , and be not again held fast in the yoke of bondage . * Behold , I , Paul , say to you , that if you be circumcised , Christ will profit you nothing . * And I testify , moreover , to every circumcised person , that he is a debtor to do the whole law . * You are loosed from Christ , who are justified by the law ; you have fallen from favor . * But we , through the Spirit , look for the hope of righteousness by faith . * For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails anything , nor uncircumcision ; but faith , which works by love . * You did run well : who has hindered you from obeying the truth ? * This persuasion comes not from him who called you . * A little leaven leavens the whole mass . * I am persuaded concerning you , by the Lord , that you will think nothing differently from me : but he who troubles you shall bear the punishment , whosoever he be . * But I , brethren , if I now proclaim circumcision , why am I yet persecuted ? Certainly the offense of the cross is abolished . * I wish , indeed , they were cut off who subvert you . * For you , brethren , have been called into liberty ; only use not this liberty for an occasion to the flesh ; but through love , assiduously serve one another . * «For the whole law is fulfilled by one precept , even by this ,» 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself .' * But if you bite and devour one another , take care lest you be consumed by one another . * I say , then , walk by the Spirit , and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh . * For the flesh lusts against the Spirit , and the Spirit against the flesh ; and these are contrary to one another , so that you do not do the things you would . * But if you are led by the Spirit , you are not under law . * Now , the works of the flesh are manifest , which are these . Fornication , uncleanness , lasciviousness , * sorcery , enmities , strifes , emulations , wraths , brawlings , factions , sects , * envying , murders , intoxications , revellings , and such like : concerning which I foretell you now , as I also have foretold , that they who practice these things shall not inherit the kingdom of God . * But the fruit of the Spirit is love , joy , peace , long-suffering , gentleness , goodness , fidelity , * meekness , temperance : against such things there is no law . * Besides , they who are Christ 's , have crucified the flesh with the passions and lusts . * Since we live by the Spirit , let us also walk by the Spirit . * Let us not be vain-glorious , provoking one another , envying one another .

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