Galatians 5

NEW JERUSALEM	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
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.	1 For freedom Christ set us free; so stand firm and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery.
2 I, Paul, give you my word that if you accept circumcision, Christ wil be of no benefit to you at al .	2 It is I, Paul, who am telling you that if you have yourselves circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you.
3 I give my assurance once again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is under obligation tokeep the whole Law;	3 Once again I declare to every man who has himself circumcised that he is bound to observe the entire law.
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.	4 You are separated from Christ, you who are trying to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.
5 We are led by the Spirit to wait in the confident hope of saving justice through faith,	5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we await the hope of righteousness.
6 since in Christ Jesus it is not being circumcised or being uncircumcised that can effect anything -- onlyfaith working through love.	6 For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.
7 You began your race wel ; who came to obstruct you and stop you obeying the truth?	7 You were running well; who hindered you from following (the) truth?
8 It was certainly not any prompting from him who called you!	8 That enticement does not come from the one who called you.
9 A pinch of yeast ferments the whole batch.	9 A little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough.
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.	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.
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.	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.
12 I could wish that those who are unsettling you would go further and mutilate themselves.	12 Would that those who are upsetting you might also castrate themselves!
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,	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.
14 since the whole of the Law is summarised in the one commandment: You must love your neighbour asyourself.	14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one statement, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
15 If you go snapping at one another and tearing one another to pieces, take care: you will be eaten up byone another.	15 But if you go on biting and devouring one another, beware that you are not consumed by one another.
16 Instead, I tel you, be guided by the Spirit, and you wil no longer yield to self-indulgence.	16 I say, then: live by the Spirit and you will certainly not gratify the desire of the flesh.
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.	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.
18 But when you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law.	18 But if you are guided by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
19 When self-indulgence is at work the results are obvious: sexual vice, impurity, and sensuality,	19 Now the works of the flesh are obvious: immorality, impurity, licentiousness,
20 the worship of false gods and sorcery; antagonisms and rivalry, jealousy, bad temper and quarrels,disagreements,	20 idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, rivalry, jealousy, outbursts of fury, acts of selfishness, dissensions, factions,
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.	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.
22 On the other hand the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustfulness,	22 In contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness,
23 gentleness and self-control; no law can touch such things as these.	23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
24 All who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified self with al its passions and its desires.	24 Now those who belong to Christ (Jesus) have crucified their flesh with its passions and desires.
25 Since we are living by the Spirit, let our behaviour be guided by the Spirit	25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also follow the Spirit.
26 and let us not be conceited or provocative and envious of one another.	26 Let us not be conceited, provoking one another, envious of one another.