Galatians:5

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* Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free , and do not be entangled 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 debtor to keep the whole law . * You have become estranged from Christ , you who attempt to be justified by law ; you have fallen from grace . * For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith . * For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything , but faith working through love . * You ran 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 have no other mind ; but he who troubles you shall bear his judgment , whoever he is . * And I , brethren , if I still preach circumcision , why do I still suffer persecution ? Then the offense of the cross has ceased . * I could wish that those who trouble you would even cut themselves off ! * For you , brethren , have been called to liberty ; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh , but through love serve one another . * For all the law is fulfilled in one word , even in this : "You shall love your neighbor as yourself ." * But if you bite and devour one another , beware lest you be consumed by one another ! * I say then : Walk in the Spirit , and you shall 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 that you wish . * But if you are led by the Spirit , you are not under the law . * Now the works of the flesh are evident , which are : adultery , fornication , uncleanness , lewdness , * idolatry , sorcery , hatred , contentions , jealousies , outbursts of wrath , selfish ambitions , dissensions , heresies , * envy , murders , drunkenness , revelries , and the like ; of 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 there is no law . * And those who are Christ 's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires . * If we live in the Spirit , let us also walk in the Spirit . * Let us not become conceited , provoking one another , envying one another .

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