Paul's LettersNew Testament
Chapter 5· Book IX of 27
1Verse 1. Open verse actions.Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. 2Verse 2. Open verse actions.Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing. 3Verse 3. Open verse actions.Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. 4Verse 4. Open verse actions.You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace. 5Verse 5. Open verse actions.For we, through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness. 6Verse 6. Open verse actions.For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love. 7Verse 7. Open verse actions.You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth? 8Verse 8. Open verse actions.This persuasion is not from him who calls you. 9Verse 9. Open verse actions.A little yeast grows through the whole lump. 10Verse 10. Open verse actions.I 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. 11Verse 11. Open verse actions.But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been removed. 12Verse 12. Open verse actions.I wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off. 13Verse 13. Open verse actions.For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another. 14Verse 14. Open verse actions.For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 15Verse 15. Open verse actions.But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don’t consume one another. 16Verse 16. Open verse actions.But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17Verse 17. Open verse actions.For 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. 18Verse 18. Open verse actions.But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19Verse 19. Open verse actions.Now the deeds of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, 20Verse 20. Open verse actions.idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies, 21Verse 21. Open verse actions.envy, 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. 22Verse 22. Open verse actions.But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, 23Verse 23. Open verse actions.gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24Verse 24. Open verse actions.Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts. 25Verse 25. Open verse actions.If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit. 26Verse 26. Open verse actions.Let’s not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another.