Galatians 5 - Amplified Bible(AMP)

Walk by the Spirit

1It was for this freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.

2Notice, it is I, Paul, who tells you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no benefit to you.

3Once more I solemnly affirm to every man who receives circumcision, that he is under obligation and required to keep the whole Law.

4You have been severed from Christ, if you seek to be justified through the Law; you have fallen from grace.

5For we through the Spirit, by faith, are waiting for the hope of righteousness.

6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but only faith activated and expressed and working through love.

7You were running well; who has interfered and prevented you from obeying the truth?

8This persuasion is not from Him who called you.

9A little leaven leavens the whole batch.

10I have confidence in you in the Lord that you will adopt no other view; but the one who is disturbing you, whoever he is, will have to bear the penalty.

11But 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.

12I wish that those who are troubling you would even castrate themselves!

13For you, my brothers, were called to freedom; only do not let your freedom become an opportunity for the sinful nature (worldliness, selfishness), but through love serve and seek the best for one another.

14For the whole Law is fulfilled in one precept, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

15But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.

16But I say, walk habitually in the Spirit, and then you will certainly not carry out the desire of the sinful nature.

17For the sinful nature has its desire which is opposed to the Spirit, and the Spirit opposes the sinful nature; for these are in direct opposition to each other, so that you do not do whatever you want to do.

18But if you are guided and led by the Spirit, you are not subject to the Law.

19Now the practices of the sinful nature are clearly evident: they are sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality (total irresponsibility, lack of self-control),

20idolatry, sorcery, hostility, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions,

21envy, drunkenness, riotous behavior, and other things like these. I warn you beforehand, just as I did previously, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

23gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.

24And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature together with its passions and appetites.

25If we live by the Spirit, we must also walk by the Spirit.

26We must not become conceited, challenging or provoking one another, envying one another.