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Chapter 5 |
| 1 | Stand fast
therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not
entangled again with the yoke of bondage. |
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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. |
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| 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? |
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8 | This persuasion cometh not of him that
calleth you. |
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| A little leaven leaveneth 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. |
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And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution?
then is the offence of the cross ceased. |
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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. |
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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
fulfil the lust of the flesh. |
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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. |
| 18 | But if ye be
led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. |
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19 | Now the works of the
flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness,
lasciviousness, |
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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. |
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22 | But the fruit of the Spirit is love,
joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, |
| 23 | Meekness,
temperance: against such there is no law. |
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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 vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another. |
