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Freedom in Christ

Christ has set us free in freedom; stand fast therefore, and be not held again in a yoke of bondage.

Christ Has Set Us Free

For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

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Behold, I, Paul, say to you, that if ye are circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.

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Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you.

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And I witness again to every man [who is] circumcised, that he is debtor to do the whole law.

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I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is obligated to keep the whole law.

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Ye are deprived of all profit from the Christ as separated [from him], as many as are justified by law; ye have fallen from grace.

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You are severed from Christ, you who would be justifieda by the law; you have fallen away from grace.

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For we, by [the] Spirit, on the principle of faith, await the hope of righteousness.

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For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.

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For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision has any force, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.

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For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.

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Ye ran well; who has stopped you that ye should not obey the truth?

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You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?

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The persuasibleness [is] not of him that calls you.

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This persuasion is not from him who calls you.

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A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

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A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

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*I* have confidence as to you in [the] Lord, that ye will have no other mind; and he that is troubling you shall bear the guilt [of it], whosoever he may be.

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I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view, and the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is.

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But *I*, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why am I yet persecuted? Then the scandal of the cross has been done away.

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But if I, brothers,b still preachc circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed.

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I would that they would even cut themselves off who throw you into confusion.

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I wish those who unsettle you would emasculate themselves!

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For *ye* have been called to liberty, brethren; only [do] not [turn] liberty into an opportunity to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

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For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

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For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;

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For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

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but if ye bite and devour one another, see that ye are not consumed one of another.

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But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.

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Living by the Spirit

But I say, Walk in [the] Spirit, and ye shall no way fulfil flesh's lust.

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Keep in Step with the Spirit

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

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For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these things are opposed one to the other, that ye should not do those things which ye desire;

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For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.

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but if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under law.

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But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

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Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness,

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Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,

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idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, disputes, schools of opinion,

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idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions,

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envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revels, and things like these; as to which I tell you beforehand, even as I also have said before, that they who do such things shall not inherit God's kingdom.

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envy,d drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who doe such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity,

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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

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meekness, self-control: against such things there is no law.

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gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

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But they that [are] of the Christ have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts.

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And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

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If we live by the Spirit, let us walk also by the Spirit.

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If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.

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Let us not become vain-glorious, provoking one another, envying one another.

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Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

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Galatians 5

Galatians 5