Galatians 5
5
1 Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Messiah has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
2 Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Messiah will profit you nothing. 3Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision that he is a debtor to do the whole law. 4You are alienated from Messiah, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace. 5For we through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness. 6For in Messiah Yeshua neither circumcision nor uncircumcision amounts to anything, but faith working through love.
7 You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth? 8This persuasion is not from him who calls you. 9A little yeast grows through the whole lump. 10I have confidence toward you in the Lord that you will think no other way. But he who troubles you will bear his judgment, whoever he is.
11 But I, brothers, if I still proclaim circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been removed. 12I wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off.
13 For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants to one another. 14For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”#Leviticus 19:18 15But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don’t consume one another.
16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire. 18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19Now the deeds of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, 20idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies, 21envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,#5:22 or, faithfulness 23gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24Those who belong to Messiah have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.
25 If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit. 26Let’s not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another.
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Galatians 5
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Christian Liberty
1#Phil. 4:1Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a #Acts 15:10; Gal. 2:4yoke of bondage. 2Indeed I, Paul, say to you that #Acts 15:1; Gal. 5:3, 6, 11if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing. 3And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised #(Deut. 27:26; Rom. 2:25; Gal. 3:10)that he is a debtor to keep the whole law. 4#(Rom. 9:31)You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; #Heb. 12:15; 2 Pet. 3:17you have fallen from grace. 5For we through the Spirit eagerly #Rom. 8:24wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. 6For #(1 Cor. 7:19; Gal. 6:15; Col. 3:11)in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but #Col. 1:4; 1 Thess. 1:3; (James 2:18, 20, 22)faith working through love.
Love Fulfills the Law
7You #1 Cor. 9:24ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? 8This persuasion does not come from Him who calls you. 9#1 Cor. 5:6A little leaven leavens the whole lump. 10I 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.
11And I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, #1 Cor. 15:30why do I still suffer persecution? Then #Rom. 9:33; (1 Cor. 1:23)the offense of the cross has ceased. 12#Josh. 7:25I could wish that those #Acts 15:1, 2who trouble you would even cut themselves off!
13For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only #(Rom. 8:2); 1 Cor. 8:9; Gal. 5:1do not use liberty as an #Rom. 6:1; 1 Pet. 2:16opportunity for the flesh, but #1 Cor. 9:19; Eph. 5:21through love serve one another. 14For #Matt. 7:12; 22:40; Rom. 13:8, 10; Gal. 6:2all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: #Lev. 19:18; Matt. 22:39; Rom. 13:9“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 15But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!
Walking in the Spirit
16I say then: #Rom. 6:12Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17For #Rom. 7:18, 22, 23; 8:5the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, #Rom. 7:15so that you do not do the things that you wish. 18But #(Rom. 6:14; 7:4; 8:14; 1 Tim. 1:9)if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
19Now #Rom. 1:26–31; Eph. 5:3, 11; 2 Tim. 3:2–4the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that #1 Cor. 6:9, 10those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
22But #(John 15:2)the fruit of the Spirit is #(Rom. 5:1–5; 1 Cor. 13:4; Col. 3:12–15)love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, #Rom. 15:14goodness, #1 Cor. 13:7faithfulness, 23gentleness, self-control. #1 Tim. 1:9Against such there is no law. 24And those who are Christ’s #Rom. 6:6; (Gal. 2:20; 6:14)have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25#(Rom. 8:4, 5)If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26#Phil. 2:3Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
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