Galatians 5 - English Standard Version (ESV)

Christ Has Set Us Free

5 For (A)freedom Christ has (B)set us free; (C)stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to (D)a yoke of (E)slavery.

2 Look: I, Paul, say to you that (F)if you accept circumcision, (G)Christ will be of no advantage to you. 3 I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that (H)he is obligated to keep the whole law. 4 You are (I)severed from Christ, (J)you who would be justified[a] by the law; (K)you have fallen away from grace. 5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly (L)wait for the hope of righteousness. 6 For in Christ Jesus (M)neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but (N)only faith working through love.

7 (O)You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying (P)the truth? 8 This persuasion is not from (Q)him who calls you. 9 (R)A little leaven leavens the whole lump. 10 (S)I have confidence in the Lord that you will (T)take no other view, and (U)the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is. 11 But if I, brothers,[b] still preach[c] circumcision, (V)why am I still being persecuted? In that case (W)the offense of the cross has been removed. 12 I wish (X)those who unsettle you would emasculate themselves!

13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. (Y)Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love (Z)serve one another. 14 For (AA)the whole law is fulfilled in one word: (AB)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 15 But if you (AC)bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.

Keep in Step with the Spirit

16 But I say, (AD)walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify (AE)the desires of the flesh. 17 For (AF)the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, (AG)to keep you from doing the things you want to do. 18 But if you are (AH)led by the Spirit, (AI)you are not under the law. 19 Now (AJ)the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, (AK)divisions, 21 envy,[d] drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that (AL)those who do[e] such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But (AM)the fruit of the Spirit is (AN)love, joy, peace, patience, (AO)kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 (AP)gentleness, (AQ)self-control; (AR)against such things there is no law. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus (AS)have crucified the flesh with its (AT)passions and desires.

25 If we live by the Spirit, (AU)let us also keep in step with the Spirit. 26 (AV)Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

Footnotes

  1. Galatians 5:4 Or counted righteous
  2. Galatians 5:11 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 13
  3. Galatians 5:11 Greek proclaim
  4. Galatians 5:21 Some manuscripts add murder
  5. Galatians 5:21 Or make a practice of doing

Cross references

  1. Galatians 5:1 : ver. 13; ch. 2:4; See James 1:25
  2. Galatians 5:1 : See John 8:32
  3. Galatians 5:1 : See 1 Cor. 16:13
  4. Galatians 5:1 : Acts 15:10
  5. Galatians 5:1 : See ch. 2:4
  6. Galatians 5:2 : ver. 3, 11; Acts 15:1; 1 Cor. 7:18
  7. Galatians 5:2 : See ch. 4:11
  8. Galatians 5:3 : Rom. 2:25
  9. Galatians 5:4 : Rom. 7:6 (Gk.)
  10. Galatians 5:4 : [ch. 2:21; 3:10; Rom. 9:31, 32]
  11. Galatians 5:4 : [Heb. 12:15; 2 Pet. 3:17]
  12. Galatians 5:5 : See Rom. 8:23, 25
  13. Galatians 5:6 : ch. 6:15; 1 Cor. 7:19; Col. 3:11; See ch. 3:28
  14. Galatians 5:6 : [Eph. 6:23; 1 Thess. 1:3; James 2:18, 20, 22]
  15. Galatians 5:7 : See 1 Cor. 9:24
  16. Galatians 5:7 : See ch. 2:5
  17. Galatians 5:8 : ch. 1:6
  18. Galatians 5:9 : 1 Cor. 5:6; [1 Cor. 15:33; Heb. 12:15]
  19. Galatians 5:10 : See 2 Cor. 2:3
  20. Galatians 5:10 : [Phil. 3:15]
  21. Galatians 5:10 : ch. 1:7; [ver. 12]
  22. Galatians 5:11 : ch. 4:29; 6:12
  23. Galatians 5:11 : 1 Cor. 1:23; See 1 Pet. 2:8
  24. Galatians 5:12 : [ver. 10]; See ch. 2:4
  25. Galatians 5:13 : 1 Pet. 2:16; Jude 4; [1 Cor. 8:9; 2 Pet. 2:19]
  26. Galatians 5:13 : 1 Cor. 9:19
  27. Galatians 5:14 : [Matt. 7:12; 22:40]
  28. Galatians 5:14 : Cited from Lev. 19:18; [ver. 22; ch. 6:2]; See Matt. 19:19; John 13:34
  29. Galatians 5:15 : [Phil. 3:2]
  30. Galatians 5:16 : ver. 24, 25; Rom. 8:4; See Rom. 13:14
  31. Galatians 5:16 : Eph. 2:3
  32. Galatians 5:17 : Rom. 7:23; 8:5-7
  33. Galatians 5:17 : Rom. 7:15, 18, 19
  34. Galatians 5:18 : Rom. 8:14
  35. Galatians 5:18 : See Rom. 7:4
  36. Galatians 5:19 : 1 Cor. 3:3; Eph. 5:3; Col. 3:5; James 3:14, 15; [Matt. 15:18-20]
  37. Galatians 5:20 : 1 Cor. 11:19
  38. Galatians 5:21 : [Col. 3:6]; See 1 Cor. 6:9
  39. Galatians 5:22 : [Rom. 7:4; 8:5; Eph. 5:9]
  40. Galatians 5:22 : See Rom. 5:1-5; Col. 3:12-17
  41. Galatians 5:22 : 2 Cor. 6:6
  42. Galatians 5:23 : Eph. 4:2
  43. Galatians 5:23 : Acts 24:25
  44. Galatians 5:23 : 1 Tim. 1:9
  45. Galatians 5:24 : [ver. 16]; See Rom. 6:6
  46. Galatians 5:24 : Rom. 7:5
  47. Galatians 5:25 : [ver. 16]
  48. Galatians 5:26 : Phil. 2:3

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