Dual Panel1For freedom <1657> Christ <5547> has set <1659> us <2248> free <1659>. Stand firm <4739>, then <3767>, and <2532> do not <3361> be subject <1758> again <3825> to the yoke <2218> of slavery <1397>.
2Listen <1492>! I <1473>, Paul <3972>, tell <3004> you <5213> that <3754> if <1437> you let <4059> yourselves be circumcised <4059>, Christ <5547> will be <5623> of no <3762> benefit <5623> to you <5209> at all!
3And <1161> I testify <3143> again <3825> to every <3956> man <444> who lets himself be circumcised <4059> that <3754> he is <1510> obligated <3781> to obey <4160> the whole <3650> law <3551>.
4You <1344> who <3748> are trying to be declared righteous <1344> by <1722> the law <3551> have been alienated <2673> from <575> Christ <5547>; you have fallen away <1601> from grace <5485>!
5For <1063> through the Spirit <4151>, by <1537> faith <4102>, we wait expectantly for <553> the hope <1680> of righteousness <1343>.
6For <1063> in <1722> Christ <5547> Jesus <2424> neither <3777> circumcision <4061> nor <3777> uncircumcision <203> carries <2480> any <5100> weight– the only thing that matters is <1754> faith <4102> working <1754> through <1223> love <26>.
7You were running <5143> well <2573>; who <5101> prevented <1465> you <5209> from obeying <3361> <3982> the truth <225>?
8This persuasion <3988> does not <3756> come from <1537> the one who calls <2564> you <5209>!
9A little <3398> yeast <2219> makes <2220> the whole <3650> batch of dough <5445> rise <2220>!
10I <1473> am confident <3982> in <1722> the Lord <2962> that <3754> you will accept <5426> no <3762> other <243> view. But <1161> the one who is confusing <5015> you <5209> will pay <941> the penalty <2917>, whoever <3748> he may be <1510>.
11Now <1161>, brothers and sisters <80>, if <1487> I <1473> am still <2089> preaching <2784> circumcision <4061>, why <5101> am I <1377> still <2089> being persecuted <1377>? In that case <686> the offense <4625> of the cross <4716> has been removed <2673>.
12I wish <3785> those agitators would go so far <387> as to castrate <609> themselves!
13For <1063> you <5210> were called <2564> to <1909> freedom <1657>, brothers and sisters <80>; only <3440> do not <3361> use your freedom <1657> as <1519> an opportunity <874> to indulge your flesh <4561>, but <235> through <1223> love <26> serve <1398> one another <240>.
14For <1063> the whole <3956> law <3551> can be summed up <4137> in <1722> a single <1520> commandment <3056>, namely, “You must love <25> your <4675> neighbor <4139> as <5613> yourself <4572>.”
15However <1161>, if <1487> you continually bite <1143> and <2532> devour <2719> one another <240>, beware <991> that you are <355> not <3361> consumed <355> by <5259> one another <240>.
16But <1161> I say <3004>, live <4043> by the Spirit <4151> and <2532> you will <5055> not <3756> <3361> carry out <5055> the desires <1939> of the flesh <4561>.
17For <1063> the flesh <4561> has desires <1937> that are opposed <2596> to the Spirit <4151>, and <1161> the Spirit <4151> has desires that are opposed <2596> to the flesh <4561>, for <1063> these <5023> are in opposition <480> to each other <240>, so that <2443> you <4160> cannot <3361> do <4160> what <3739> you want <2309>.
18But <1161> if <1487> you are led <71> by the Spirit <4151>, you are <1510> not <3756> under <5259> the law <3551>.
19Now <1161> the works <2041> of the flesh <4561> are obvious <5318>: sexual immorality <4202>, impurity <167>, depravity <766>,
20idolatry <1495>, sorcery <5331>, hostilities <2189>, strife <2054>, jealousy <2205>, outbursts of anger <2372>, selfish rivalries <2052>, dissensions <1370>, factions <139>,
21envying <5355>, murder, drunkenness <3178>, carousing <2970>, and <2532> similar <3664> things <5125>. I am warning <4302> you <5213>, as <2531> I had warned <4277> you before <4277>: Those who practice <4238> such things <5108> will <2816> not <3756> inherit <2816> the kingdom <932> of God <2316>!
22But <1161> the fruit <2590> of the Spirit <4151> is <1510> love <26>, joy <5479>, peace <1515>, patience <3115>, kindness <5544>, goodness <19>, faithfulness <4102>,
23gentleness <4240>, and self-control <1466>. Against <2596> such things <5108> there is <1510> no <3756> law <3551>.
24Now <1161> those who belong to Christ <5547> have crucified <4717> the flesh <4561> with <4862> its passions <3804> and <2532> desires <1939>.
25If <1487> we live <2198> by the Spirit <4151>, let us <4748> also <2532> behave in accordance <4748> with <4151> the Spirit <4151>.
26Let us <1096> not <3361> become <1096> conceited <2755>, provoking <4292> one another <240>, being jealous <5354> of one another <240>.