Galatians 5

KING JAMES BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.	1 Stand firm, and do not be willing to be again held by the yoke of servitude.
2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.	2 Behold, I, Paul, say to you, that if you have been circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you.
3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.	3 For I again testify, about every man circumcising himself, that he is obligated to act according to the entire law.
4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.	4 You are being emptied of Christ, you who are being justified by the law. You have fallen from grace.
5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.	5 For in spirit, by faith, we await the hope of justice.
6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.	6 For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision prevails over anything, but only faith which works through charity.
7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?	7 You have run well. So what has impeded you, that you would not obey the truth?
8 This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.	8 This kind of influence is not from him who is calling you.
9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.	9 A little leaven corrupts the whole mass.
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 I have confidence in you, in the Lord, that you will accept nothing of the kind. However, he who disturbs you shall bear the judgment, whomever he may be.
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 as for me, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still suffering persecution? For then the scandal of the Cross would be made empty.
12 I would they were even cut off which trouble you.	12 And I wish that those who disturb you would be torn away.
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 For you, brothers, have been called to liberty. Only you must not make liberty into an occasion for the flesh, but instead, serve one another through the charity of the Spirit.
14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.	14 For the entire law is fulfilled by one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.	15 But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you are not consumed by one another!
16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.	16 So then, I say: Walk in the spirit, and you will not fulfill the desires of the flesh.
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 For the flesh desires against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh. And since these are against one another, you may not do whatever you want.
18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.	18 But if 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 Now the works of the flesh are manifest; they are: fornication, lust, homosexuality, self-indulgence,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,	20 the serving of idols, drug use, hostility, contentiousness, jealousy, wrath, quarrels, dissensions, divisions,
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 envy, murder, inebriation, carousing, and similar things. About these things, I continue to preach to you, as I have preached to you: that those who act in this way shall not obtain the kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,	22 But the fruit of the Spirit is charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, forbearance,
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.	23 meekness, faith, modesty, abstinence, chastity. There is no law against such things.
24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.	24 For those who are Christ’s have crucified their flesh, along with its vices and desires.
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.	25 If we live by the Spirit, we should also walk by the Spirit.
26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.	26 Let us not become desirous of empty glory, provoking one another, envying one another.