STAND
fast therefore in the
liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with
the yoke of bondage.
2 Behold, I
Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
3 For I
testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the
whole law.
4 Christ is become of no effect unto you,
whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
5 For we
through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
6 For in Jesus Christ neither
circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh
by love.
7 Ye did run well; who did
hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
8 This persuasion cometh not
of him that calleth you.
9 A little leaven leaventh the
whole lump.
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.
11 And I, brethren, if I yet
preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? Then is the offence of the cross ceased.
12 I would they were even cut
off which trouble you.
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.
14 For all the law is fulfilled
in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
15 But if ye bite and devour
one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
16 This I say then, Walk in
the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
17 For the flesh lusteth
against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one of the
other: so that ye cannot do the
things that ye would.
18 But if ye be led of the
Spirit, ye are not under the law.
19 Now the works of the flesh
are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness,
lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft,
hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
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.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit
is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
24 And they that are Christ's
have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
25 If we live in the Spirit,
let us also walk in the Spirit.
26 Let us not be desirous of vainglory,
provoking one another, envying one another.
