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Freedom in Christ
So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law.
So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law.
Walk by the Spirit
It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.
It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.
Listen! I, Paul, tell you this: If you are counting on circumcision to make you right with God, then Christ will be of no benefit to you.
Behold I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no benefit to you.
I’ll say it again. If you are trying to find favor with God by being circumcised, you must obey every regulation in the whole law of Moses.
And I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is under obligation to keep the whole Law.
For if you are trying to make yourselves right with God by keeping the law, you have been cut off from Christ! You have fallen away from God’s grace.
You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.
But we who live by the Spirit eagerly wait to receive by faith the righteousness God has promised to us.
For we through the Spirit, by faith, are waiting for the hope of righteousness.
For when we place our faith in Christ Jesus, there is no benefit in being circumcised or being uncircumcised. What is important is faith expressing itself in love.
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love.
You were running the race so well. Who has held you back from following the truth?
You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth?
It certainly isn’t God, for he is the one who called you to freedom.
This persuasion did not come from Him who calls you.
This false teaching is like a little yeast that spreads through the whole batch of dough!
A little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough.
I am trusting the Lord to keep you from believing false teachings. God will judge that person, whoever he is, who has been confusing you.
I have confidence in you in the Lord that you will adopt no other view; but the one who is disturbing you will bear his judgment, whoever he is.
But I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been abolished.
I wish that those who are troubling you would even mutilate themselves.
For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love.
For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, “YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.”
But if you are always biting and devouring one another, watch out! Beware of destroying one another.
But if you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not consumed by one another.
Living by the Spirit’s Power
So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves.
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.
The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions.
For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you please.
But when you are directed by the Spirit, you are not under obligation to the law of Moses.
But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law.
When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures,
Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality,
idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division,
idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions,
envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.
envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!
gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there.
Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives.
If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.