1 Stand firm, then, in the liberty with which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again in a yoke of slavery.
2 Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.
3 And I testify again to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to keep the whole law.
4 You have been cut off from Christ, you who are trying to be justified by the law; you have fallen from grace.
5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.
6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love.
7 You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?
8 This persuasion did not come from the one who calls you.
9 A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
10 I have confidence in you in the Lord that you will think nothing else; but the one who troubles you will bear his judgment, whoever he is.
11 And I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been done away.
12 I wish those who are throwing you into turmoil would even cut themselves off!
13 For you were called to liberty, brothers; only do not use your liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
15 But if you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not consumed by one another.
16 This I say: walk by the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the desire of the flesh.
17 For the flesh desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are opposed to each other, so that you do not do the things you want.
18 But if you are being led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, impurity, debauchery,
20 idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,
21 envyings, murders, drunkenness, carousing, and the like, about which I tell you beforehand, as I also said before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faith,
23 meekness, self-control; there is no law against things like these.
24 And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh along with its passions and lusts.
25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.
26 Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another.