{"book":"Galatians","slug":"galatians","ch":5,"genre":"letter","sub":"Galatians","prev":"galatians/4","next":"galatians/6","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"[It is] for freedom [that] Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and {do} not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.","f":[],"h":"Freedom in Christ","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you {at all}.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":3,"t":"Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.","f":[]},{"v":4,"t":"{You} who are [trying] to be justified by [the] law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.","f":[]},{"v":5,"t":"[But] by faith we eagerly await through [the] Spirit [the] hope of righteousness.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":6,"t":"For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. What matters is faith expressing itself through love.","f":[]},{"v":7,"t":"You were running so well. Who has obstructed you from obeying the truth?","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":8,"t":"[Such] persuasion [does] not [come] from the [One] who calls you.","f":[]},{"v":9,"t":"A little leaven works through the whole batch [of dough].","f":[]},{"v":10,"t":"I am confident in [the] Lord that you will take no other view. The [one who is] troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.","f":[]},{"v":11,"t":"Now, brothers, if I {am} still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":12,"t":"As for those who are agitating you, I wish they would proceed to emasculate themselves!","f":[]},{"v":13,"t":"For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but [do] not [use] [your] freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":14,"t":"The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree:“ Love your neighbor as yourself.”","f":["Leviticus 19:18"]},{"v":15,"t":"But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, [or] you will be consumed by one another.","f":[]},{"v":16,"t":"So I say, walk by [the] Spirit, and you will not gratify [the] desires [of the] flesh.","f":[],"h":"Walking by the Spirit","style":"reg"},{"v":17,"t":"For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. [They] are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.","f":[]},{"v":18,"t":"But if you are led by [the] Spirit, you are not under [the] law.","f":[]},{"v":19,"t":"The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, [and] debauchery;","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":20,"t":"idolatry [and] sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, [and] rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,","f":[]},{"v":21,"t":"[and] envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit [the] kingdom of God.","f":[]},{"v":22,"t":"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":23,"t":"gentleness, [and] self-control. Against such things there is no law.","f":[]},{"v":24,"t":"Those who [belong to] Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with [its] passions and desires.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":25,"t":"Since we live by [the] Spirit, let us walk in step with [the] Spirit.","f":[]},{"v":26,"t":"Let us not become conceited, provoking [and] envying one another.","f":[]}]}