| 1 For freedom Christ set us free; so stand firm and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery. | 1 Stand fast, and be not held again under the yoke of bondage. |
| 2 It is I, Paul, who am telling you that if you have yourselves circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you. | 2 Behold, I Paul tell you, that if you be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. |
| 3 Once again I declare to every man who has himself circumcised that he is bound to observe the entire law. | 3 And I testify again to every man circumcising himself, that he is a debtor to the whole law. |
| 4 You are separated from Christ, you who are trying to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. | 4 You are made void of Christ, you who are justified in the law: you are fallen from grace. |
| 5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we await the hope of righteousness. | 5 For we in spirit, by faith, wait for the hope of justice. |
| 6 For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love. | 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision: but faith that worketh by charity. |
| 7 You were running well; who hindered you from following (the) truth? | 7 You did run well, who hath hindered you, that you should not obey the truth? |
| 8 That enticement does not come from the one who called you. | 8 This persuasion is not from him that calleth you. |
| 9 A little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough. | 9 A little leaven corrupteth the whole lump. |
| 10 I am confident of you in the Lord that you will not take a different view, and that the one who is troubling you will bear the condemnation, whoever he may be. | 10 I have confidence in you in the Lord: that you will not be of another mind: but he that troubleth you, shall bear the judgment, whosoever he be. |
| 11 As for me, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case, the stumbling block of the cross has been abolished. | 11 And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? Then is the scandal of the cross made void. |
| 12 Would that those who are upsetting you might also castrate themselves! | 12 I would they were even cut off, who trouble you. |
| 13 For you were called for freedom, brothers. But do not use this freedom as an opportunity for the flesh; rather, serve one another through love. | 13 For you, brethren, have been called unto liberty: only make not liberty an occasion to the flesh, but by charity of the spirit serve one another. |
| 14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one statement, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." | 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. |
| 15 But if you go on biting and devouring one another, beware that you are not consumed by one another. | 15 But if you bite and devour one another; take heed you be not consumed one of another. |
| 16 I say, then: live by the Spirit and you will certainly not gratify the desire of the flesh. | 16 I say then, walk in the spirit, and you shall not fulfil the lusts of the flesh. |
| 17 For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you may not do what you want. | 17 For the flesh lusteth against the spirit: and the spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary one to another: so that you do not the things that you would. |
| 18 But if you are guided by the Spirit, you 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 obvious: immorality, impurity, licentiousness, | 19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are fornication, uncleanness, immodesty, luxury, |
| 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, rivalry, jealousy, outbursts of fury, acts of selfishness, dissensions, factions, | 20 Idolatry, witchcrafts, enmities, contentions, emulations, wraths, quarrels, dissensions, sects, |
| 21 occasions of envy, drinking bouts, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. | 21 Envies, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like. Of the which I foretell you, as I have foretold to you, that they who do such things shall not obtain the kingdom of God. |
| 22 In contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, | 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is, charity, joy, peace, patience, benignity, goodness, longanimity, |
| 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. | 23 Mildness, faith, modesty, continency, chastity. Against such there is no law. |
| 24 Now those who belong to Christ (Jesus) have crucified their flesh with its passions and desires. | 24 And they that are Christ's, have crucified their flesh, with the vices and concupiscences. |
| 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also follow the Spirit. | 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. |
| 26 Let us not be conceited, provoking one another, envious of one another. | 26 Let us not be made desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying on another. |