Freedom
In Christ
IT
IS FOR FREEDOM THAT CHRIST HAS SET US FREE.
STAND
FIRM, THEN,
AND
DO NOT LET YOURSELVES BE BURDENED AGAIN
BY
THE YOKE OF SLAVERY.
2
Mark my words!
I,
Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be Circumcised,
CHRIST
WILL BE OF NO AVAIL TO YOU AT ALL.
3
Again I declare to every man who lets himself be Circumcised
THAT
HE IS OBLIGATED TO OBEY THE WHOLE LAW.
4
You who are trying to be Justified by Law
HAVE
BEEN ALIENATED FROM CHRIST;
YOU
HAVE FALLEN AWAY FROM GRACE.
5
But by Faith we eagerly await through the Spirit
The
Righteousness for which we Hope.
6
For in Christ Jesus neither Circumcision nor Uncircumcision
Has
any value.
THE
ONLY THING THAT COUNTS
IS
FAITH EXPRESSING ITSELF THROUGH LOVE.
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You were Running a Good Race.
Who
cut in on you and kept you from Obeying the Truth?
8
That kind of Persuasion
Does
not come from the One Who calls you.
9
'A LITTLE YEAST WORKS THROUGH THE WHOLE BATCH OF DOUGH.'
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, WHOM EVER HE MAY BE.
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.
12
As for those Agitators,
I
wish they would go the whole way
And
Emasculate themselves!
Life
By the Spirit
13
YOU MY BROTHERS, WERE CALLED TO BE FREE.
But
do not use your Freedom to Indulge in the Sinful Nature;
Rather
serve one another in love.
14
THE ENTIRE LAW IS SUMMED UP IN A SINGLE COMMAND”
'LOVE
YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.'
15
If you keep on biting and devouring each other,
Watch
out or you will be Destroyed by each other.
16
SO I SAY, LIVE BY THE SPIRIT,
AND
YOU WILL NOT GRATIFY THE DESIRES OF THE SINFUL NATURE.
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.
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BUT IF YOU ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT,
YOU
ARE NOT UNDER THE LAW.
19
The Acts of the Sinful Nature are Obvious:
Sexual
Immorality, Impurity and Debauchery;
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Idolatry and Witchcraft;
Hatred,
Discord, Jealousy, Fits of Rage,
Selfish
Ambition, Dissensions, Factions and the like.
I
WARN YOU, AS I DID BEFORE,
THAT
THOSE WHO LIVE LIKE THIS
WILL
NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
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BUT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
Is
Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness,
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Gentleness and Self-control.
AGAINST
SUCH THINGS THERE IS NO LAW.
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THOSE WHO BELONG TO CHRIST JESUS
HAVE CRUCIFIED THE SINFUL NATURE
WITH
ITS PASSIONS AND DESIRES.
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SINCE WE LIVE BY THE SPIRIT,
LET
US KEEP IN STEP WITH THE SPIRIT.
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Let us not become Conceited,
Provoking
and Envying each other.
(Galatians
5)
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