Galatians 5

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.	1 Christ set us free, so that we should remain free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be fastenedagain to the yoke of slavery.
2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.	2 I, Paul, give you my word that if you accept circumcision, Christ wil be of no benefit to you at al .
3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.	3 I give my assurance once again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is under obligation tokeep the whole Law;
4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.	4 once you seek to be reckoned as upright through the Law, then you have separated yourself fromChrist, you have fal en away from grace.
5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.	5 We are led by the Spirit to wait in the confident hope of saving justice through faith,
6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.	6 since in Christ Jesus it is not being circumcised or being uncircumcised that can effect anything -- onlyfaith working through love.
7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?	7 You began your race wel ; who came to obstruct you and stop you obeying the truth?
8 This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.	8 It was certainly not any prompting from him who called you!
9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.	9 A pinch of yeast ferments the whole batch.
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.	10 But I feel sure that, united in the Lord, you wil not be led astray, and that anyone who makes troublewith you will be condemned, no matter who he is.
11 And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.	11 And I, brothers -- if I were stil preaching circumcision, why should I still be persecuted? For then theobstacle which is the cross would have no point any more.
12 I would they were even cut off which trouble you.	12 I could wish that those who are unsettling you would go further and mutilate themselves.
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.	13 After al , brothers, you were called to be free; do not use your freedom as an opening for self-indulgence, but be servants to one another in love,
14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.	14 since the whole of the Law is summarised in the one commandment: You must love your neighbour asyourself.
15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.	15 If you go snapping at one another and tearing one another to pieces, take care: you will be eaten up byone another.
16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.	16 Instead, I tel you, be guided by the Spirit, and you wil no longer yield to self-indulgence.
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.	17 The desires of self-indulgence are always in opposition to the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are inopposition to self-indulgence: they are opposites, one against the other; that is how you are prevented fromdoing the things that you want to.
18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.	18 But when you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law.
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,	19 When self-indulgence is at work the results are obvious: sexual vice, impurity, and sensuality,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,	20 the worship of false gods and sorcery; antagonisms and rivalry, jealousy, bad temper and quarrels,disagreements,
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.	21 factions and malice, drunkenness, orgies and al such things. And about these, I tel you now as I havetold you in the past, that people who behave in these ways wil not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,	22 On the other hand the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustfulness,
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.	23 gentleness and self-control; no law can touch such things as these.
24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.	24 All who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified self with al its passions and its desires.
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.	25 Since we are living by the Spirit, let our behaviour be guided by the Spirit
26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.	26 and let us not be conceited or provocative and envious of one another.