Galatians 5

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	DOUAI-RHEIMS
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.