Galatians Chapter 5
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asv (asv) - eBible.org engASV USFM
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and that which was a temptation to you in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but ye received me as an angel of God,
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even as Christ Jesus.
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Where then is that gratulation of yourselves? for I bear you witness, that, if possible, ye would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.
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So then am I become your enemy, by telling you the truth?
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They zealously seek you in no good way; nay, they desire to shut you out, that ye may seek them.
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But it is good to be zealously sought in a good matter at all times, and not only when I am present with you.
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My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you—
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but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone; for I am perplexed about you.
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Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
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For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the freewoman.
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Howbeit the
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son by the handmaid is born after the flesh; but the
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son by the freewoman
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is born through promise.
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Which things contain an allegory: for these
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women are two covenants; one from mount Sinai, bearing children unto bondage, which is Hagar.
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Now this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia and answereth to the Jerusalem that now is: for she is in bondage with her children.
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But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is our mother.
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For it is written,
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Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not;
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Break forth and cry, thou that travailest not:
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For more are the children of the desolate than of her that hath the husband.
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Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise.
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But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him
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that was born after the Spirit, so also it is now.
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Howbeit what saith the scripture? Cast out the handmaid and her son: for the son of the handmaid shall not inherit with the son of the freewoman.
darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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Christ has set us free in freedom; stand fast therefore, and be not held again in a yoke of bondage.
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Behold, I, Paul, say to you, that if ye are circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
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And I witness again to every man [who is] circumcised, that he is debtor to do the whole law.
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Ye are deprived of all profit from the Christ as separated [from him], as many as are justified by law; ye have fallen from grace.
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For we, by [the] Spirit, on the principle of faith, await the hope of righteousness.
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For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision has any force, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.
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Ye ran well; who has stopped you that ye should not obey the truth?
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The persuasibleness [is] not of him that calls you.
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A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
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I have confidence as to you in [the] Lord, that ye will have no other mind; and he that is troubling you shall bear the guilt [of it], whosoever he may be.
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But I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why am I yet persecuted? Then the scandal of the cross has been done away.
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I would that they would even cut themselves off who throw you into confusion.
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For ye have been called to liberty, brethren; only [do] not [turn] liberty into an opportunity to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
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For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;
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but if ye bite and devour one another, see that ye are not consumed one of another.
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But I say, Walk in [the] Spirit, and ye shall no way fulfil flesh's lust.
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For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these things are opposed one to the other, that ye should not do those things which ye desire;
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but if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under law.
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Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness,
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idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, disputes, schools of opinion,
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envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revels, and things like these; as to which I tell you beforehand, even as I also have said before, that they who do such things shall not inheritGod's kingdom.
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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity,
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meekness, self-control: against such things there is no law.
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But they that [are] of the Christ have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts.
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If we live by the Spirit, let us walk also by the Spirit.
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Let us not become vain-glorious, provoking one another, envying one another.
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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State, et nolite iterum iugo servitutis contineri.
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Ecce ego Paulus dico vobis: quoniam si circumcidamini, Christus vobis nihil proderit.
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Testificor autem rursus omni homini circumcidenti se, quoniam debitor est universæ legis faciendæ.
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Evacuati estis a Christo, qui in lege iustificamini: a gratia excidistis.
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Nos enim spiritu ex fide, spem iustitiæ expectamus.
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Nam in Christo Iesu neque circumcisio aliquid valet, neque præputium: sed fides, quæ per charitatem operatur.
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Currebatis bene: quis vos impedivit veritati non obedire?
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Persuasio hæc non est ex eo, qui vocat vos.
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Modicum fermentum totam massam corrumpit.
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Ego confido in vobis in Domino, quod nihil aliud sapietis: qui autem conturbat vos, portabit iudicium, quicumque est ille.
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Ego autem, fratres, si circumcisionem adhuc prædico: quid adhuc persecutionem patior? Ergo evacuatum est scandalum crucis.
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Utinam et abscindantur qui vos conturbant.
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Vos enim in libertatem vocati estis fratres: tantum ne libertatem in occasionem detis carnis, sed per charitatem Spiritus servite invicem.
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Omnis enim lex in uno sermone impletur: Diliges proximum tuum sicut teipsum.
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Quod si invicem mordetis, et comeditis: videte ne ab invicem consumamini.
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Dico autem: Spiritu ambulate, et desideria carnis non perficietis.
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Caro enim concupiscit adversus spiritum: spiritus autem adversus carnem: hæc enim sibi invicem adversantur: ut non quæcumque vultis, illa faciatis.
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Quod si Spiritu ducimini, non estis sub lege.
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Manifesta sunt autem opera carnis: quæ sunt fornicatio, immunditia, impudicitia, luxuria,
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idolorum servitus, veneficia, inimicitiæ, contentiones, æmulationes, iræ, rixæ, dissensiones, sectæ,
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invidiæ, homicidia, ebrietates, comessationes, et his similia, quæ prædico vobis, sicut prædixi: quoniam qui talia agunt, regnum Dei non consequentur.
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Fructus autem Spiritus est: charitas, gaudium, pax, patientia, benignitas, bonitas, longanimitas,
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mansuetudo, fides, modestia, continentia, castitas. Adversus huiusmodi non est lex.
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Qui autem sunt Christi, carnem suam crucifixerunt cum vitiis, et concupiscentiis.
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Si spiritu vivimus, spiritu et ambulemus.
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Non efficiamur inanis gloriæ cupidi, invicem provocantes, invicem invidentes.
web (web) - WorldEnglish.Bible — CC0 modern update of ASV
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Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
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Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.
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Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
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You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.
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For we through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.
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For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision amounts to anything, but faith working through love.
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You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth?
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This persuasion is not from him who calls you.
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A little yeast grows through the whole lump.
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I have confidence toward you in the Lord that you will think no other way. But he who troubles you will bear his judgment, whoever he is.
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But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been removed.
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I wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off.
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For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.
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For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
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But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don’t consume one another.
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But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.
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For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.
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But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
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Now the deeds of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness,
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idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,
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envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.
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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,
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gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
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Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.
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If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit.
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Let’s not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another.
wh1881 (wh1881) - Westcott-Hort Greek NT 1881 eBible USFM
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τη ελευθερια ημας χριστος ηλευθερωσεν στηκετε ουν και μη παλιν ζυγω δουλειας ενεχεσθε
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ιδε εγω παυλος λεγω υμιν οτι εαν περιτεμνησθε χριστος υμας ουδεν ωφελησει
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μαρτυρομαι δε παλιν παντι ανθρωπω περιτεμνομενω οτι οφειλετης εστιν ολον τον νομον ποιησαι
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κατηργηθητε απο χριστου οιτινες εν νομω δικαιουσθε της χαριτος εξεπεσατε
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ημεις γαρ πνευματι εκ πιστεως ελπιδα δικαιοσυνης απεκδεχομεθα
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εν γαρ χριστω [ιησου] ουτε περιτομη τι ισχυει ουτε ακροβυστια αλλα πιστις δι αγαπης ενεργουμενη
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ετρεχετε καλως τις υμας ενεκοψεν αληθεια μη πειθεσθαι
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η πεισμονη ουκ εκ του καλουντος υμας
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μικρα ζυμη ολον το φυραμα ζυμοι
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εγω πεποιθα εις υμας εν κυριω οτι ουδεν αλλο φρονησετε ο δε ταρασσων υμας βαστασει το κριμα οστις εαν η
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εγω δε αδελφοι ει περιτομην ετι κηρυσσω τι ετι διωκομαι αρα κατηργηται το σκανδαλον του σταυρου
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οφελον και αποκοψονται οι αναστατουντες υμας
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υμεις γαρ επ ελευθερια εκληθητε αδελφοι μονον μη την ελευθεριαν εις αφορμην τη σαρκι αλλα δια της αγαπης δουλευετε αλληλοις
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ο γαρ πας νομος εν ενι λογω πεπληρωται εν τω αγαπησεις τον πλησιον σου ως σεαυτον
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ει δε αλληλους δακνετε και κατεσθιετε βλεπετε μη υπ αλληλων αναλωθητε
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λεγω δε πνευματι περιπατειτε και επιθυμιαν σαρκος ου μη τελεσητε
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η γαρ σαρξ επιθυμει κατα του πνευματος το δε πνευμα κατα της σαρκος ταυτα γαρ αλληλοις αντικειται ινα μη α εαν θελητε ταυτα ποιητε
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ει δε πνευματι αγεσθε ουκ εστε υπο νομον
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φανερα δε εστιν τα εργα της σαρκος ατινα εστιν πορνεια ακαθαρσια ασελγεια
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ειδωλολατρια φαρμακεια εχθραι ερις ζηλος θυμοι εριθειαι διχοστασιαι αιρεσεις
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φθονοι μεθαι κωμοι και τα ομοια τουτοις α προλεγω υμιν καθως προειπον οτι οι τα τοιαυτα πρασσοντες βασιλειαν θεου ου κληρονομησουσιν
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ο δε καρπος του πνευματος εστιν αγαπη χαρα ειρηνη μακροθυμια χρηστοτης αγαθωσυνη πιστις
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πραυτης εγκρατεια κατα των τοιουτων ουκ εστιν νομος
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οι δε του χριστου ιησου την σαρκα εσταυρωσαν συν τοις παθημασιν και ταις επιθυμιαις
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ει ζωμεν πνευματι πνευματι και στοιχωμεν
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μη γινωμεθα κενοδοξοι αλληλους προκαλουμενοι αλληλοις φθονουντες
ylt (ylt) - Bible.com YLT98 plain UTF-8
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In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free--stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude;
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lo, I Paul do say to you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing;
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and I testify again to every man circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law;
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ye were freed from the Christ, ye who in law are declared righteous; from the grace ye fell away;
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for we by the Spirit, by faith, a hope of righteousness do wait for,
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for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith through love working.
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Ye were running well; who did hinder you--not to obey the truth?
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the obedience <FI>is<Fi> not of him who is calling you!
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a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven;
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I have confidence in regard to you in the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded; and he who is troubling you shall bear the judgment, whoever he may be.
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And I, brethren, if uncircumcision I yet preach, why yet am I persecuted? then hath the stumbling-block of the cross been done away;
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O that even they would cut themselves off who are unsettling you!
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For ye--to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another,
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for all the law in one word is fulfilled--in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'
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and if one another ye do bite and devour, see--that ye may not by one another be consumed.
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And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete;
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for the flesh doth desire contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit contrary to the flesh, and these are opposed one to another, that the things that ye may will--these ye may not do;
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and if by the Spirit ye are led, ye are not under law.
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And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
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idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, strifes, emulations, wraths, rivalries, dissensions, sects,
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envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revellings, and such like, of which I tell you before, as I also said before, that those doing such things the reign of God shall not inherit.
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And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,
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meekness, temperance: against such there is no law;
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and those who are Christ's, the flesh did crucify with the affections, and the desires;
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if we may live in the Spirit, in the Spirit also we may walk;
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let us not become vain-glorious--one another provoking, one another envying!
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Explain Like I'm 5
A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).