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5:1 For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. 5:2 Listen! I, Paul, am telling you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you. 5:3 Once again I testify to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obliged to obey the entire law. 5:4 You who want to be justified by the law have cut yourselves off from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. 5:5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness. 5:6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that counts is faith working through love. 5:7 You were running well; who prevented you from obeying the truth? 5:8 Such persuasion does not come from the one who calls you. 5:9 A little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough. 5:10 I am confident about you in the Lord that you will not think otherwise. But whoever it is that is confusing you will pay the penalty. 5:11 But my friends, why am I still being persecuted if I am still preaching circumcision? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed. 5:12 I wish those who unsettle you would castrate themselves! 5:13 For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one another. 5:14 For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." 5:15 If, however, you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not consumed by one another. 5:16 Live by the Spirit, I say, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh. 5:17 For what the flesh desires is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit desires is opposed to the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you want. 5:18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not subject to the law. 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are obvious: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, 5:20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, 5:21 envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, as I warned you before: those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 5:22 By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, 5:23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. 5:24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 5:25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit. 5:26 Let us not become conceited, competing against one another, envying one another.