  1 5:1STAND firm in the liberty with which Christ has made you free, and be not again subject to a yoke of servitude. 5:2Behold, I Paul tell you, that if you are circumcised Christ will not profit you. 5:3For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is bound to perform the whole law. 5:4You have departed from Christ, whoever of you are justified by the law, you have fallen from the grace. 5:5For we wait in spirit for the hope of righteousness, by faith. 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails any thing nor uncircumcision, but faith which works by love. 2 5:7You ran well; who hindered you from obeying the truth? 5:8This persuasion is not of him that calls you. 5:9A little leaven leavens the whole mass. 5:10I have confidence in you, in the Lord, that you will not be of another mind; but he that troubles you shall bear his sin, whoever he is. 5:11And I, brothers, if I preach circumcision, why am I yet persecuted? Then has the offense of the cross ceased. 5:12I would that they were cut off that disturb you. 5:13For you are called to liberty, brothers, only make not your liberty an occasion for the flesh, but by love serve one another. 5:14For all the law is fully contained in one precept; you shall love your neighbor as yourself. 5:15But if you bite and devour one another, see that you be not consumed one by another. 3 5:16And I say, walk in the Spirit and perform not the desire of the flesh. 5:17For the flesh desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are opposed one to another, so that you do not what you wish. 5:18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 5:19For the works of the flesh are manifest, which are, fornication, impurity, lewdness, 5:20idolatry, magic, enmities, strife, envy, anger, contentions, dissensions, heresies, 5:21murders, drunkenness, revellings and the like, of which I tell you before, as I have also previously told you, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, 5:23meekness, temperance; against such there is no law. 5:24And the [subjects] of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its affections and desires. 5:25If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 5:26Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another. 4 6:1Brothers, if a man is overtaken with any fault, do you that are spiritual restore such a one with a spirit of meekness, considering yourself; lest you also be tried. 6:2Bear one another's burdens, and so perform the law of Christ. 6:3For if any one thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. 6:4But let each one prove his work, and then shall he have joy in himself alone and not in another, 6:5for every one shall bear his own burden. 5 6:6Let him that is taught the word communicate with him that teaches of all good things. 6:7Be not deceived, God is not mocked. For what a man sows, that shall he also reap; 6:8for he that sows for his flesh, shall of the flesh reap destruction; but he that sows for the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap life eternal. 6:9Let us not be weary of well doing; for in due season we shall reap if we faint not. 6:10As we have opportunity, therefore, let us do good to all, but especially to the members of the family of the faith. 6 6:11You see with how long a letter I have written to you. 6:12Those who wish to make a fair appearance in the flesh compel you to be circumcised, only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. 6:13For the circumcised themselves do not keep the law, but they wish you to be circumcised that they may glory in your flesh. 6:14But far be it from me to glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me and I to the world. 6:15For in Christ Jesus neither is circumcision any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. 6:16And whoever walk by this rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on the Israel of God. 7 6:17Finally, let no man trouble me; for I bear in my body the marks of Jesus. 6:18The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers; amen.
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