Gal.5.1
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Gal.5.1
Christ has set us free to live a free life. So take your stand! Never again let anyone put a harness of slavery on you.
Gal.5.1
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
Gal.5.1
Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
Gal.5.1
So Christ has really set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don't get tied up again in slavery to the law.
Gal.5.2
Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
Gal.5.2
I am emphatic about this. The moment any one of you submits to circumcision or any other rule-keeping system, at that same moment Christ's hard-won gift of freedom is squandered.
Gal.5.2
Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.
Gal.5.2
Indeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.
Gal.5.2
Listen! I, Paul, tell you this: If you are counting on circumcision to make you right with God, then Christ cannot help you.
Gal.5.3
For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
Gal.5.3
I repeat my warning: The person who accepts the ways of circumcision trades all the advantages of the free life in Christ for the obligations of the slave life of the law.
Gal.5.3
Again I declare to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.
Gal.5.3
And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole law.
Gal.5.3
I'll say it again. If you are trying to find favor with God by being circumcised, you must obey all of the regulations in the whole law of Moses.
Gal.5.4
Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
Gal.5.4
I suspect you would never intend this, but this is what happens. When you attempt to live by your own religious plans and projects, you are cut off from Christ, you fall out of grace.
Gal.5.4
You who are trying to be justified by law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
Gal.5.4
You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.
Gal.5.4
For if you are trying to make yourselves right with God by keeping the law, you have been cut off from Christ! You have fallen away from God's grace.
Gal.5.5
For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
Gal.5.5
Meanwhile we expectantly wait for a satisfying relationship with the Spirit.
Gal.5.5
But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the righteousness for which we hope.
Gal.5.5
For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
Gal.5.5
But we who live by the Spirit eagerly wait to receive everything promised to us who are right with God through faith.
Gal.5.6
For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
Gal.5.6
For in Christ, neither our most conscientious religion nor disregard of religion amounts to anything. What matters is something far more interior: faith expressed in love.
Gal.5.6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
Gal.5.6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love.
Gal.5.6
For when we place our faith in Christ Jesus, it makes no difference to God whether we are circumcised or not circumcised. What is important is faith expressing itself in love.
Gal.5.7
Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
Gal.5.7
You were running superbly! Who cut in on you, deflecting you from the true course of obedience?
Gal.5.7
You were running a good race. Who cut in on you and kept you from obeying the truth?
Gal.5.7
You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?
Gal.5.7
You were getting along so well. Who has interfered with you to hold you back from following the truth?
Gal.5.8
This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.
Gal.5.8
This detour doesn't come from the One who called you into the race in the first place.
Gal.5.8
That kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you.
Gal.5.8
This persuasion does not come from Him who calls you.
Gal.5.8
It certainly isn't God, for he is the one who called you to freedom.
Gal.5.9
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
Gal.5.9
And please don't toss this off as insignificant. It only takes a minute amount of yeast, you know, to permeate an entire loaf of bread.
Gal.5.9
"A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough."
Gal.5.9
A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
Gal.5.9
But it takes only one wrong person among you to infect all the others--a little yeast spreads quickly through the whole batch of dough!
Gal.5.10
I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.
Gal.5.10
Deep down, the Master has given me confidence that you will not defect. But the one who is upsetting you, whoever he is, will bear the divine judgment.
Gal.5.10
I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is throwing you into confusion will pay the penalty, whoever he may be.
Gal.5.10
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.
Gal.5.10
I am trusting the Lord to bring you back to believing as I do about these things. God will judge that person, whoever it is, who has been troubling and confusing you.
Gal.5.11
And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.
Gal.5.11
As for the rumor that I continue to preach the ways of circumcision (as I did in those pre-Damascus Road days), that is absurd. Why would I still be persecuted, then? If I were preaching that old message, no one would be offended if I mentioned the Cross now and then--it would be so watered-down it wouldn't matter one way or the other.
Gal.5.11
Brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.
Gal.5.11
And I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why do I still suffer persecution? Then the offense of the cross has ceased.
Gal.5.11
Dear brothers and sisters, if I were still preaching that you must be circumcised--as some say I do--why would the Jews persecute me? The fact that I am still being persecuted proves that I am still preaching salvation through the cross of Christ alone.
Gal.5.12
I would they were even cut off which trouble you.
Gal.5.12
Why don't these agitators, obsessive as they are about circumcision, go all the way and castrate themselves!
Gal.5.12
As for those agitators, I wish they would go the whole way and emasculate themselves!
Gal.5.12
I could wish that those who trouble you would even cut themselves off!
Gal.5.12
I only wish that those troublemakers who want to mutilate you by circumcision would mutilate themselves.
Gal.5.13
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
Gal.5.13
It is absolutely clear that God has called you to a free life. Just make sure that you don't use this freedom as an excuse to do whatever you want to do and destroy your freedom. Rather, use your freedom to serve one another in love; that's how freedom grows.
Gal.5.13
You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love.
Gal.5.13
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.
Gal.5.13
For you have been called to live in freedom--not freedom to satisfy your sinful nature, but freedom to serve one another in love.
Gal.5.14
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Gal.5.14
For everything we know about God's Word is summed up in a single sentence: Love others as you love yourself. That's an act of true freedom.
Gal.5.14
The entire law is summed up in a single command: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
Gal.5.14
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
Gal.5.14
For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
Gal.5.15
But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
Gal.5.15
If you bite and ravage each other, watch out--in no time at all you will be annihilating each other, and where will your precious freedom be then?
Gal.5.15
If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.
Gal.5.15
But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!
Gal.5.15
But if instead of showing love among yourselves you are always biting and devouring one another, watch out! Beware of destroying one another.
Gal.5.16
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Gal.5.16
My counsel is this: Live freely, animated and motivated by God's Spirit. Then you won't feed the compulsions of selfishness.
Gal.5.16
So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.
Gal.5.16
I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
Gal.5.16
So I advise you to live according to your new life in the Holy Spirit. Then you won't be doing what your sinful nature craves.
Gal.5.17
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
Gal.5.17
For there is a root of sinful self-interest in us that is at odds with a free spirit, just as the free spirit is incompatible with selfishness. These two ways of life are antithetical, so that you cannot live at times one way and at times another way according to how you feel on any given day.
Gal.5.17
For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want.
Gal.5.17
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.
Gal.5.17
The old sinful nature loves to do evil, which is just opposite from what the Holy Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are opposite from what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, and your choices are never free from this conflict.
Gal.5.18
But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
Gal.5.18
Why don't you choose to be led by the Spirit and so escape the erratic compulsions of a law-dominated existence? [JC]
Gal.5.18
But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.
Gal.5.18
But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
Gal.5.18
But when you are directed by the Holy Spirit, you are no longer subject to the law.
Gal.5.19
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Gal.5.19
It is obvious what kind of life develops out of trying to get your own way all the time: repetitive, loveless, cheap sex; a stinking accumulation of mental and emotional garbage; frenzied and joyless grabs for happiness;
Gal.5.19
The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery;
Gal.5.19
Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness,
Gal.5.19
When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, your lives will produce these evil results: sexual immorality, impure thoughts, eagerness for lustful pleasure,
Gal.5.20
Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
Gal.5.20
trinket gods; magic-show religion; paranoid loneliness; cutthroat competition; all-consuming-yet-never-satisfied wants; a brutal temper; an impotence to love or be loved; divided homes and divided lives; small-minded and lopsided pursuits;
Gal.5.20
idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions
Gal.5.20
idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,
Gal.5.20
idolatry, participation in demonic activities, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, divisions, the feeling that everyone is wrong except those in your own little group,
Gal.5.21
Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Gal.5.21
the vicious habit of depersonalizing everyone into a rival; uncontrolled and uncontrollable addictions; ugly parodies of community. I could go on. This isn't the first time I have warned you, you know. If you use your freedom this way, you will not inherit God's kingdom.
Gal.5.21
and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Gal.5.21
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.
Gal.5.21
envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other kinds of sin. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.
Gal.5.22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Gal.5.22
But what happens when we live God's way? He brings gifts into our lives, much the same way that fruit appears in an orchard--things like affection for others, exuberance about life, serenity. We develop a willingness to stick with things, a sense of compassion in the heart, and a conviction that a basic holiness permeates things and people. We find ourselves involved in loyal commitments,
Gal.5.22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Gal.5.22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Gal.5.22
But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives, he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Gal.5.23
Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Gal.5.23
not needing to force our way in life, able to marshal and direct our energies wisely. Legalism is helpless in bringing this about; it only gets in the way.
Gal.5.23
gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Gal.5.23
gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
Gal.5.23
gentleness, and self-control. Here there is no conflict with the law.
Gal.5.24
And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
Gal.5.24
Among those who belong to Christ, everything connected with getting our own way and mindlessly responding to what everyone else calls necessities is killed off for good--crucified.
Gal.5.24
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires.
Gal.5.24
And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Gal.5.24
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there.
Gal.5.25
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Gal.5.25
Since this is the kind of life we have chosen, the life of the Spirit, let us make sure that we do not just hold it as an idea in our heads or a sentiment in our hearts, but work out its implications in every detail of our lives.
Gal.5.25
Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
Gal.5.25
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Gal.5.25
If we are living now by the Holy Spirit, let us follow the Holy Spirit's leading in every part of our lives.
Gal.5.26
Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
Gal.5.26
That means we will not compare ourselves with each other as if one of us were better and another worse. We have far more interesting things to do with our lives. Each of us is an original.
Gal.5.26
Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.
Gal.5.26
Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
Gal.5.26
Let us not become conceited, or irritate one another, or be jealous of one another.
