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Galatians 5

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Galatians 5 Bible text

WEB: 1WEB

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

ASV: 1ASV

For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.

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Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.

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Behold, I Paul say unto you, that, if ye receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.

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Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

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Yea, I testify again to every man that receiveth circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

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You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.

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Ye are severed from Christ, ye who would be justified by the law; ye are fallen away from grace.

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

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

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For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision amounts to anything, but faith working through love.

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For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.

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You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth?

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Ye were running well; who hindered you that ye should not obey the truth?

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This persuasion is not from him who calls you.

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This persuasion came not of him that calleth you.

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A little yeast grows through the whole lump.

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A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

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I have confidence toward you in the Lord that you will think no other way. But he who troubles you will bear his judgment, whoever he is.

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I have confidence to you-ward in the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.

WEB: 11WEB

But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been removed.

ASV: 11ASV

But I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? then hath the stumbling-block of the cross been done away.

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I wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off.

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I would that they that unsettle you would even go beyond circumcision.

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For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

ASV: 13ASV

For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only use not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.

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

ASV: 14ASV

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

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But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don’t consume one another.

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But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.

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But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.

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But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

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For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.

ASV: 17ASV

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that ye would.

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

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

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Now the deeds of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness,

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Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

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idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,

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idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties,

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envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.

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envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

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

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

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gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

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

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Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.

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And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof.

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If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit.

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

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Let’s not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another.

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