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[1]Stand fast, therefore, in the liberty with which the Messiah hath made us free; and be not subjected again to the yoke of bondage.
[2]Behold, I Paul say to you, That if ye become circumcised, the Messiah is of no advantage to you.
[3]And again, I testify to every one who becometh circumcised, that he is bound to fulfill the whole law.
[4]Ye have renounced the Messiah, ye who seek justification by the law: and ye have apostatized from grace.
[5]For we, through the Spirit, which is from faith, are waiting for the hope of righteousness.
[6]For, in the Messiah Jesus, circumcision is nothing, neither is uncircumcision, but the faith that is perfected by love.
[7]Ye did run well: who hath interrupted you, that ye acquiesce not in the truth?
[8]The bias of your mind is not from him who called you.
[9]A little leaven leaveneth the whole mass.
[10]I confide in you through our Lord, that ye will entertain no other thoughts. And he that disquieteth you, shall bear his judgment, whoever he may be.
[11]And I, my brethren, if I still preached circumcision, why should I suffer persecution? Hath the offensiveness of the cross ceased?
[12]But I would, that they who disquiet you, were actually cut off.
[13]And ye, my brethren, have been called into liberty: only let not your liberty be an occasion to the flesh; but, by love, be ye servants to each other.
[14]For the whole law is fulfilled in one sentence; in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
[15]But if ye bite and devour one another, beware, lest ye be consumed one by another.
[16]And I say: Walk ye in the Spirit; and never follow the cravings of the flesh.
[17]For the flesh craveth that which is repugnant to the Spirit; and the Spirit craveth that which is repugnant to the flesh: and the two are the opposites of each other, so that ye do not that which ye desire.
[18]But if ye are guided by the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
[19]For the works of the flesh are known, which are whoredom, impurity, lasciviousness,
[20]idol-worship, magic, malice, contention, rivalry, wrath, strife, divisions, discords,
[21]envy, murder, drunkenness, revelling, and all the like things. And they who perpetrate these things, as I have before told you, and also now tell you, do not inherit the kingdom of God.
[22]But the fruits of the Spirit are, love, joy, peace, long suffering, suavity, kindness, fidelity, modesty, patience.
[23]Against these there standeth no law.
[24]And they who are of the Messiah, have crucified their flesh, with all its passions and its cravings.
[25]Let us therefore live in the Spirit; and let us press on after the Spirit.
[26]And let us not be vain-glorious, despising one another, and envying one another.
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